Help me in combining two parts of my 20 liner: file_get_contents: & parsing

[dilbertone]

hello dear community, good day

 

 

i have  a problem -  a parser that does not parse. IT does not work! It gives not back anything!

 

 

 

<?PHP // Original PHP code by Chirp Internet: http://www.chirp.com.au
// Please acknowledge use of this code by including this header.

$url = "http://www.edi.admin.ch/esv/00475/00698/index.html?lang=de";

//$input = @file_get_contents($url) or die("Could not access file: $url");

$input = file_get_contents($url) or die("Could not access file: $url"); 

$regexp = "<a\s[^>]*href=(\"??)([^\" >]*?)\\1[^>]*>(.*)<\/a>";
if(preg_match_all("/$regexp/siU", $input, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER)) { foreach($matches as $match) {

// $match[2] = all the data i want to collect...
// $match[3] = text that i need to collect - see a detail-page

}
} ?>

 

 

well - it goes a bit over my head:  "what - i have did" - it does not give back any results!?

 

 

i look forward to hear from you!

 

regards

[gizmola]

That code snippet does not output anything via var_dump() or echo. 

[xyph]

There's no echo or print call.

 

Try print_r($matches) to see what's going on

[dilbertone]

hi gizmola hello xyph

 

thanks for answering! i am happy!

 

That code snippet does not output anything via var_dump() or echo.

 

many many thanks.- That means i  have to rewrite this part!? - gizmola - i am a newbie; I  will try it. But perhaps you can help me!?

 

Update; i  will definitly try this one: print_r($matches) to see what's going on

 

lookforward  - best regards

martin

[gizmola]

Did you try what xyph suggested.  Being a noobie does not excuse one from actually doing some reading and learning.  There is nothing more basic than output... print_r, echo, var_dump, die.  You need to read about these in the php manual, not to mention the functions in the code you are using.

[dilbertone]

hello dear friends this code

 

 

first of all:  a big big SORRY for being the Newbie -

 

 

 

@gizmola: i did the changes:

 

Did you try what xyph suggested.  Being a noobie does not excuse one from actually doing some reading and learning.  There is nothing more basic than output... print_r(), echo(), var_dump(), die().  You need to read about these in the php manual, not to mention the functions in the code you are using.

 

well i guess that i did the changes... but i had no luck...  look and see - this is so mystic! i do not know whats going one here:

 

<?PHP 

// Original PHP code by Chirp Internet: http://www.chirp.com.au
// Please acknowledge use of this code by including this header.

$url = "http://www.edi.admin.ch/esv/00475/00698/index.html?lang=de";

//$input = @file_get_contents($url) or die("Could not access file: $url");

$input = file_get_contents($url) or die("Could not access file: $url"); 

$regexp = "<a\s[^>]*href=(\"??)([^\" >]*?)\\1[^>]*>(.*)<\/a>";
if(preg_match_all("/$regexp/siU", $input, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER)) { foreach($matches as $match) {

// $match[2] = all the data i want to collect...
// $match[3] = text that i need to collect - see a detail-page

print_r($matches) 

}
}

?>

 

 

gives back

 

 

martin@suse-linux:~/perl/foundations> php fondations_de.php

PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '}' in /home/martin/perl/foundations/fondations_de.php on line 20

martin@suse-linux:~/perl/foundations> ^C

martin@suse-linux:~/perl/foundations>

 

 

 

[gizmola]

Statements require a semi-colon at the end. 

 

print_r($matches) ;

 

 

[dilbertone]

hello gitzmola - many many thanks i will have a look!

 

on a sidenote: - and i also want to look if the parser-part runs ...

Guess the part that FETCHES the data is not so complicated as the part that parses the data...

 

 

anyway - many many  thanks for any and alll help! i come back and report all my findings!!

 

greetings

db1

 

UPDATE:  - HELLO DEAR FRIENDS: -this gives back something very very intersting. ...

 

well see: (i have postet only a part.... the whole stuff is tooo  big to post here.... )

But wait: what can i do!?

 

note - i want to get all the data out of this database:  http://www.edi.admin.ch/esv/00475/00698/index.html?lang=de

 

 

At the moment we have these results:

 

how to  proceed: ?!

 

 

    [16] => Array

        (

            [0] => <a href="/esv/index/index.html?lang=de" title="Zum Schlagwort-Index" class="webServiceContent" accesskey="6">Index</a>

            [1] => "

            [2] => /esv/index/index.html?lang=de

            [3] => Index

        )

 

    [17] => Array

        (

            [0] => <a href="/esv/printtool/index.html?lang=de" title="Printtool" class="webServiceContent">Printtool</a>

            [1] => "

            [2] => /esv/printtool/index.html?lang=de

            [3] => Printtool

        )

 

    [18] => Array

        (

            [0] => <a href="/hinweise/index.html?lang=de" title="Zu den Bedienungshinweisen" class="webServiceContent">Hilfe</a>

            [1] => "

            [2] => /hinweise/index.html?lang=de

            [3] => Hilfe

        )

 

    [19] => Array

        (

            [0] => <a href="/esv/00475/00698/index.html?lang=de" class="webSpracheAktiv" title="Diese Seite auf deutsch">Deutsch</a>

            [1] => "

            [2] => /esv/00475/00698/index.html?lang=de

            [3] => Deutsch

        )

 

    [20] => Array

        (

            [0] => <a href="/esv/00475/00698/index.html?lang=fr" class="webSpracheInaktiv" title="Cette page en fran�ais">Fran�ais</a>

            [1] => "

            [2] => /esv/00475/00698/index.html?lang=fr

            [3] => Fran�ais

        )

 

.....and so forth and so forth!! ...