dilbertone Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 hello everybody! This is just basic script, where i try to modify for the needs. I try to play with it. i want to parse some data. The whole script has three parts: 1. Fetching 2. parsing 3. storing i want to put all into one script: Two are allready put together - there all seems to be clear... So this thread is one that asks for the combining two parts of a script - how to invoke a variable between them What has happened untill now: 1st i need to have a connection to database lets say MySQL. I will suggest to use mysqli instead of mysql. Well - okay i safe this db.php $host="localhost"; //database hostname $username="******"; //database username $password="******"; //database password $database="******"; //database name ?> Now i am going to take a new script and save this config.php <?php require_once('db.php'); //call db.php $connect=mysqli_connect($host,$username,$password); //connect to mysql through mysqli if(!$connect){ die("Cannot connect to host, please try later."); //throw error if any problem } else { $select_db=mysqli_select_db($database); //select database if(!$select_db){ die("Site Database is down at the moment, Please check later. We will be back shortly."); // error if cannot connect to database or db does not exist } } ?> Now i have to take care for the script, that takes the files (note this is very basic - it is only a proof of concept. In the real situation i will take cURL since cURL is much much nicer and more elegant and faster etc. <?php require_once('config.php'); // call config.php for db connection $content = file_get_contents("<-here the path to the file goes in-> Position XY! an URL is here "); var_dump($content); $pattern = '/<td>(.*?)<\/td>/si'; preg_match_all($pattern,$content,$matches); foreach ($matches[1] as $match) { $match = strip_tags($match); $match = trim($match); var_dump($match); $sql = mysqli_query("insert into tablename(contents) values ('$match')"); } ?> Note: This is just basic script, where you can modify it for your taste and can play with it. Question: If i have stored the URLs that i want to parse in a local file - how do i "call" them in the script. How do i do the call to file where the URLs (there are more than 2500 URLs that have to be parsed) at the following position: $content = file_get_contents("<-here the path to the file goes in-> Position XY! an URL is here "); The folder with the URLs is stored in the same folder as the scripts reside! Many thanks for all hints and for a starting point! if i have to write more - or if you need more infos - or if i have to be more concrete, just let me know! i love to hear from you! db1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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