[SOLVED] need extraction help

[TFD3]

Hi I am new to PHP and have gotten a lot better at it as time has went by.

I make whats known as place files for a software package and PHP scripts are needed to make some of these work right.

I am working on a new place file that I need php to make this work.

On this webpage http://www.abc3340.com/static/skycams/demopolis.html is a list of current conditions.

I need the temp extracted out of that URL but I am not sure how to go about doing this.

Can anyone give me advice?

 

any help what so ever it greatly appreciated!!

 

Thanks,

Kenny

[teng84]

use the get method

 

$_GET['your_stuff_here'];

 

then the link should look something like this

href="x.php?your_stuff_here=ewan ko sayo"

 

now

echo $_GET['your_stuff_here']; will give you ewan ko sayo

 

does ti make sense

[TFD3]

use the get method

 

$_GET['your_stuff_here'];

 

then the link should look something like this

href="x.php?your_stuff_here=ewan ko sayo"

 

now

echo $_GET['your_stuff_here']; will give you ewan ko sayo

 

does ti make sense

 

not really. I need 72° extracted from that URL i posted.

I have not used the get method yet.

[teng84]

http://w3schools.com/php/php_get.asp

[TFD3]

http://w3schools.com/php/php_get.asp

 

Have already read that page and will not help me with what im needing.

If you know how can you make the script and post it here?

[TFD3]

anyone else have an idea on how to extract just the Current Temp out of that website in text format?

[TFD3]

on this page I just need the Temperature in blue along with the degree sign extracted. Can someone make a PHP script that can do just this using the URL thats posted above. I have no idea what im doing as I have not had to do this before. Im sure someone on here knows how

[rcorlew]

They might not like this but here is how you do it:

 

<?php

$handle = fopen("http://www.abc3340.com/static/skycams/demopolis.html", "r");
$contents = stream_get_contents($handle);
$pos = strpos($contents, "°");
$end = $pos - 3;
$string = substr($contents, $end, 4);
$string = str_replace('>', ' ', $string);
fclose($handle);

echo "$string";

?>

 

All you have to do is add whatever styling you want to the string which will only be the temperature.

[TFD3]

They might not like this but here is how you do it:

 

Well then all you have to do is change:

 

$handle = fopen("http://www.abc3340.com/static/skycams/demopolis.html", "r");

 

to

 

$handle = fopen("http://beta.alabamaweather.org/places/textversion/extra_stations/demopolis_raw.php", "r");

 

 

Thanks for your help!!!

[rcorlew]

NO, usually web sites do not want you accessing their pages without permission.

 

You need to check to see if it is copyrighted.

 

And the first code is what you need, just use wisely as it increases traffic on their site, and it will show your ip and other user information about you whenever you access the page(it will show the server you access the script from).

 

Cheers.

[TFD3]

NO, usually web sites do not want you accessing their pages without permission.

 

You need to check to see if it is copyrighted.

 

And the first code is what you need, just use wisely as it increases traffic on their site, and it will show your ip and other user information about you whenever you access the page(it will show the server you access the script from).

 

Cheers.

 

its not a problem, I have consent from the chief met at the station!

 

[rcorlew]

Well there you go, you are lucky to have actually gotten permission, good job on that.

 

The script will work perfectly as long as the page remains fairly consistent to what it is now, it will go from -99 degrees all the way to 999 degrees, is that good enough?

 

[TFD3]

Well there you go, you are lucky to have actually gotten permission, good job on that.

 

The script will work perfectly as long as the page remains fairly consistent to what it is now, it will go from -99 degrees all the way to 999 degrees, is that good enough?

 

 

Yeah James Spann is a good met, he lets me use his skycam images as well!

Yeah I think -99 to 999 is a good rang, should be able to get every temp reported

[TFD3]

now that I got the script working, this is what its for