Signature generator error

[timelf123]

Trying to get a more dynamic signature generator built for a forum based off of IPB, here is some of the code:

 

<?php
function GetUserInfo($ProfileURL){
        $pagecontent = file_get_contents($ProfileURL);
        $start = strpos($pagecontent, "class='pp-name'")+17;
        $end = strpos($pagecontent, "</font> | <a",$start);
        $pagecontent = substr($pagecontent, $start, $end-$start);
        $start = strpos($pagecontent, "<h3")+27;
        $pagecontent = substr($pagecontent, $start, strlen($pagecontent));
        $pagecontent = str_replace("<font color=\"green\">TR: ","",$pagecontent);
        $pagecontent = str_replace(" (","|",$pagecontent);
        $iArray = explode("|",$pagecontent);
        return $iArray;
    }
  			$pronumber = $_POST["pronumber"];

			//$userinfo = GetUserInfo("http://www.anything4free.com/forums/index.php?showuser=16501");

        $userinfo = GetUserInfo("http://www.anything4free.com/forums/index.php?showuser='$pronumber'");
        echo $userinfo[0] . "<br>";
        echo $userinfo[1];
        
?>

 

new to php, the //$userinfo = GetUserInfo("http://www.anything4free.com/forums/index.php?showuser=16501"); line works,

 

but the uncommented line after returns garbage. what is wrong with my syntax?

 

Tim

[veridicus]

Define garbage.  Is it malformed HTML?  Or an error?

[MadTechie]

you sure its $_POST and not $_GET ?

 

[timelf123]

Sorry, by garbage I meant that instead of parsing the profile page and spitting out

timelf123
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(which is what should happen, and works fine if I use the commented line (w/o a variable), but as soon as I add my variable, it spits out a bunch of malformed CSS and html, unformatted/plaintext

 

 

As for posting, yes, my form action is a post