file_get_contents

[bpat1434]

1.) Are you sure you're searching the proper site?
2.) Are you sure you didn't mess something up?

Remember at the very top.... when you said it was there and I said it wasn't? Remember that? Did you mess up again and flip them around? Because it works for me, which should work for you.

[slimjim]

What I am using is what I just showed you.
Your searching :

$siteurl for a link $recip correct ?

[bpat1434]

yes... but are you sure $siteurl is not inadvertantly mixed up so that you switched the two (like before)?

[slimjim]

OK I am going to triple check I have everything correct.

[slimjim]

Just for testing, I broke things down, and I tested it this way, and it still shows found, even though the link on the test page is within comment tags.

$siteurl="http://www.somesite.com/test.html";//looking on this page
$recip="http://www.mysite.com";//link I am looking for

$conts = @file_get_contents($siteurl);

if(preg_match("^<!--.*?".$recip.".*?--!>^si", $conts)) 
  {
  echo "not found";
  } else {
  echo "found";
  }

And On test.html page I have this..
<!--
<a href="http://www.mysite.com">test</a>
-->

Am I not doing something right ?

[bpat1434]

using this string:

<a href="www.bpatterson.net">New Link</a><br />
<!-- <a href="www.patternet.com">Commented Link</a> -->
<!--
<a href="www.roundcubeforum.net">another Commented Link</a>
-->

with this PHP code:

$recips=array('www.bpatterson.net','www.patternet.com','www.roundcubeforum.net');
//$conts = @file_get_contents($siteurl);
$conts = $siteurl;

foreach($recips as $recip)
{
	echo '<b>'.$recip.':</b> ';
	if($conts != FALSE && (strpos($conts,$recip)!==false))
	{
		if(preg_match("^<!--.*?".$recip.".*?-->^si", $conts))
		{
			// It's inside a comment:
			echo 'Link is commented out.';
		}
		else
		{
			echo 'Link is FOUND.';
		}
	} else {
		echo "Link Is NOT Found.";
	}
	echo '<br>';
}

I get this output:

www.bpatterson.net: Link is FOUND.
www.patternet.com: Link is commented out.
www.roundcubeforum.net: Link is commented out.

Which is as expected.... nto sure where you're going wrong....

actually.. replace this "--!>" with this: "-->" and all should work.

[slimjim]

You said : actually.. replace this "--!>" with this: "-->" and all should work.

I am not using --!> at the end

I am using --> already
Here is what I am using :

<!--
<a href="http://www.mysite.com">test</a>
-->

I also dont know how your checking the $siteurl without doing the
$conts = @file_get_contents($siteurl); 
Because you have it commented out..

So not sure what you mean now.. this should work and i know it should but like with the code I showed you I used for testing, it isnt working correctly.

[bpat1434]

no.. in the pattern... look in the pattern 😉

[slimjim]

OK I know what you meant, take the ! out of here at end:
if(preg_match("^{<!--.?".$recip.".?--!>si",} $conts))
Duh, I should have seen that it shouldnt have been there, made enough of those type of mistakes in my time.

[bpat1434]

lol yeah... I think that was originally my mistake....

so it works now?

[slimjim]

Nope, still finds link as found and it shouldnt
Do me a favor and test the below code.

Now it looks correct right ?
Should work correct ?

But it doesn't 🙁

Now if I understand that code it is looking for <!-- and anything between that and the link after the link and then -->
If it finds the link between the comment tags, it should print not found otherwise print found/
Must be missing something somehow again..

$siteurl="http://www.somesite.com/test.html";//looking on this page
$recip="http://www.yoursite.com";//link I am looking for

$conts = @file_get_contents($siteurl);

if(preg_match("^<!--.*?".$recip.".*?-->^si", $conts)) 
  {
  echo "not found";
  } else {
  echo "found";
  }