preg_match_all help

[skwap]

hello friends,

 

i want to copy entire data from a website using preg_match_all function. But many times i tried iam getting only blank arrays

 

 

Website code :

<div class="pad">
							<a class='thumb' href='http://www.sitename.com/I-m-Sorry-To-Say-But-That-s-What-Miley-Was-Really-Screaming-187/order/popular'>
				<img src='http://www.sitename.com/pictures/tb/187.jpg'>
				<div class='thumbtitle'>I'm Sorry To Say But That's Wh</div>
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				<img src='http://www.sitename.com/pictures/tb/209.jpg'>
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				<img src='http://www.sitename.com/pictures/tb/149.jpg'>
				<div class='thumbtitle'>How Men And Women React To A S</div>
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				<img src='http://www.sitename.com/pictures/tb/31.jpg'>
				<div class='thumbtitle'>Easier Than I Thought</div>
				<div class='views'>3579 views</div>
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				<img src='http://www.sitename.com/pictures/tb/29.jpg'>
				<div class='thumbtitle'>How To Dodge A Kick</div>
				<div class='views'>3105 views</div>
				</a><a class='thumb' href='http://www.sitename.com/GAHHWD-DAYUM-658/order/popular'>
				<img src='http://www.sitename.com/pictures/tb/658.jpg'>
				<div class='thumbtitle'>GAHHWD DAYUM!</div>
				<div class='views'>3079 views</div>
				</a><a class='thumb' href='http://www.sitename.com/White-Girls-Be-Acting-Like-This-In-The-Club-248/order/popular'>
				<img src='http://www.sitename.com/pictures/tb/248.jpg'>
				<div class='thumbtitle'>White Girls Be Acting Like Thi</div>
				<div class='views'>2984 views</div>
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				<img src='http://www.sitename.com/pictures/tb/214.jpg'>
				<div class='thumbtitle'>How To Wake Up Like A Gangsta(</div>
				<div class='views'>2969 views</div>
				</a><a class='thumb' href='http://www.sitename.com/Alien-Abduction-210/order/popular'>
				<img src='http://www.sitename.com/pictures/tb/210.jpg'>
				<div class='thumbtitle'>Alien Abduction!</div>
				<div class='views'>2935 views</div>
				</a><a class='thumb' href='http://www.sitename.com/My-Humps-125/order/popular'>
				<img src='http://www.sitename.com/pictures/tb/125.jpg'>
				<div class='thumbtitle'>My Humps</div>
				<div class='views'>2828 views</div>
				</a><a class='thumb' href='http://www.sitename.com/Reasons-Not-To-Date-Online-86/order/popular'>
				<img src='http://www.sitename.com/pictures/tb/86.jpg'>
				<div class='thumbtitle'>Reasons Not To Date Online</div>
				<div class='views'>2827 views</div>
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				<img src='http://www.sitename.com/pictures/tb/128.jpg'>
				<div class='thumbtitle'>White People VS Black People R</div>
				<div class='views'>2816 views</div>
				</a><div class="clear"></div>

PHP Code i used :

<?php



$data = file_get_contents("http://www.sitename.com/tag/Funny/order/top/page/1");

$sPattern = '~<div class=\"pad\"><a class=\'thumb\' href=\'(.*)\'><img src=\'(.*)\'><div class=\'thumbtitle\'>(.*)</div></a><div class="clear"></div><div id="pagination">~Ui';

preg_match_all($sPattern,$data,$aMatch);


			
print_r($aMatch);




?>

Output iam getting :

Array ( [0] => Array ( ) [1] => Array ( ) [2] => Array ( ) [3] => Array ( ) )

I need to get the stared (****) values from the html content of all items

 

<a class='thumb' href='*****'>
                <img src='*****'>
                <div class='thumbtitle'>******</div>
                </a><a class='thumb' href='****'>

 

 

 

Thanks In advance

 

 

[denno020]

do a var_dump of the $data variable to check what the data actually is, there might be other characters in there that you didn't expect.

[skwap]

After using var_dump($data)

 

Output :

string(8337) "

[denno020]

Does anything get output when you do the var_dump? I can see from the character count that it's long, so I wouldn't be surprised if the output is truncated, but I would still expected to see a little bit..

 

Try print_r, or echo of the $data variable. Then you can use a regex tester like this, http://www.solmetra.com/scripts/regex/, to test your pattern against the data you're trying to match against.

Looking at your pattern, that would be the opening div and a tag.

 

Basically you're just trying to get your pattern right, so using the regex tester will help you with that.

 

Denno

[skwap]

when iam echo $data iam getting the entire site with html contents