File > Variable !!!

[bobaa904]

Helllo -

I just started learning PHP and found this site, hopefully I will learn alot from it.

My problemo is this:

I have a PHP script on a diff server than mine, and the output of this file is the exact data that I want to put into a variable in one of my scripts.

The file is:
http://www.islamicfinder.net/prayer_service.php?country=usa&city=boston&state=MA&zipcode=&latitude=42.3586&longitude=-71.0605&timezone=-5&HanfiShafi=1&pmethod=5&fajrTwilight1=10&fajrTwilight2=10&ishaTwilight=10&ishaInterval=30&dhuhrInterval=1&maghribInterval=1&dayLight=1&page_background=&table_background=&table_lines=&text_color=&simpleFormat=simple&lang=english

Here is my code:

$url = "LONG URL HERE";
$namaztimes = include($url);

$length = strlen($namaztimes);

print "$length";

The problem is, that the $namaztimes variable is not taking in anything. When I execute the script, I see the output of that include command (which is not what I want)

I want $namaztimes to take in the output of the link specified!

How can I accomplish this?

Thanks !!

/edit btw: the print "$length"; is outputting "1"

[ScubaKing22]

Try changing

$length = strlen($namaztimes);

to

$length = strlen($url);

[bobaa904]

Well the length is just a check thingy, not the real problem. And if I did that it would just measure the length of the URL right??

[ScubaKing22]

Isn't that what you want? And what is your real problem then?

[bobaa904]

What I want is for the OUTPUT of that URL to be stored inside a variable

[bobaa904]

AHHHH, I'm sorry

I ment to say the $namaztimes variable

NOT the $length one

sorry for the confusion

[bobaa904]

bump..

this doesnt seem like a very hard question, does anyone on this board know?

[bobaa904]

ob_start(); 
$islamicfinderphp = "http://www.islamicfinder.net/prayer_service.php?country=usa&city=boston&state=MA&zipcode=&latitude=42.3586&longitude=-71.0605&timezone=-5&HanfiShafi=1&pmethod=5&fajrTwilight1=10&fajrTwilight2=10&ishaTwilight=10&ishaInterval=30&dhuhrInterval=1&maghribInterval=1&dayLight=1&page_background=&table_background=&table_lines=&text_color=&simpleFormat=simple&lang=english";
require($islamicfinderphp);
$namaztimes = ob_get_contents(); 
ob_end_clean();

figured it out. ..