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How do I pull data from another website?


HawaiiThad

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Hi,
 
First post. please bear with me. I'll try not to act like a complete noob. ;-)
 
I am trying to pull some data from another web page. Here is my code:

 <?php

     if ($chart_URL = file_get_contents("http://thad.com", r)) {

         <!-- Some code -->

     } else {

         echo "Error4";

     }

 ?>
And of course when I look at the source code of my web page in my browser I see the 'Error4'.
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Using curl is better, you can also use a stream context for more control file_get_contents.

 

Check for exactly false for failure.

$chart_URL = file_get_contents("http://thad.com");

if($chart_URL === FALSE){

        echo "Error4";

     } else {

         echo $chart_URL;

     }
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