Read table from external file and manipulate appearence

[lindm]

Here is my basic idea:

 

1. An external database (not mine) generates a table with data:

http://www.hemnet.se/objektlista/maklarlista?id=1138#list_top

 

2. I want to extract the data (preferably be able to select some of the columns) from the table and read it into a new table where I can control colours width etc.

 

Possible?

[boushley]

Yes... its possible.

 

I'm sure there are some built in libraries for parsing through an html file... and you would open the url as if it were a file... with fopen for instance. 

So just use fopen(urlOfPage, 'r'); and then you can use it as if it was a text document on your local server.

 

Can you do that part of it?... or do you need a little more help? 

 

 

[lindm]

Will give it a try.