Parse HTML

Dillenger

Hi I'm trying to parse multiple entries on a page, i've managed to get it working for the first entry, but can't seem to figure out a while statement that will run through all the entries on the page:

include("includes/config.php");

$movieHTML = file_get_contents("test.html");

$matched = preg_match('/<a href="(.*?)">(.*?)<\/a>/is', $movieHTML, $match);

echo $match[1];
echo "<br>";
echo $match[2];
echo "<br><br>";

Kudose

I have not tested the regex, but it should work...

<?php
include("includes/config.php");

$movieHTML = file_get_contents("test.html");
$matched = preg_match('/<a[A-Za-z0-9\=\-\"\x20]*href="(.*?)"[A-Za-z0-9\=\-\"\x20]*>(.*?)<\/a>/is', $movieHTML, $match);

foreach($match as $key=>$val){
  echo 'Key -> '.$key.'\tValue -> '.$val.'\n';
}
?>

Dillenger

Weird, it still only processes the first match...

Kudose

Post up your test.html page and I will try to figure it out running with it on my server...

Dillenger

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<body>
<table width="100%"  border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="5">
  <tr>
    <td><a href="../page.php?titleId(1)">Are We There Yet?</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="../page.php?titleId(2)">Intolerable Cruelty</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="../page.php?titleId(3)">Leaving Las Vegas</a></td>
  </tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

I'm trying to get the id from the link and then the title, for each one.

raspberryh

Are you on a mac? If I try to read in a mac file then I can only read in the first line, I always will have to convert it, b/c of the line endings.

Dillenger

nope, i'm on a PC

raspberryh

Hmmmm, I tried it and it worked...
http://heathercash.com/test/test.php

Dillenger

weird cause i'm still only getting the first result, Are we there yet? even when i click on your version.

raspberryh

WOW, that is SUPER weird... I have no idea why that would happen ... ?

Dillenger

Yeah, i've tried it on my domain, i've tried it locally, i've looked at it on yours, it's all giving me the same thing... maybe something is screwed with my computer, but still thats like the weirdest thing.