Getting a Stock's Price?

[gvanto]

I am trying to get (using php), a stock's most recent price quote.

Does anyone know a way of doing this?

Ie if I type a symbol into http://finance.yahoo.com, I can get a price quote - is there a way of parsing through the resulting page and getting the price?

help much appreciated,

gerry
php-newbie

[Kudose]

gvanto wrote:

is there a way of parsing through the resulting page and getting the price?

Yes, but that would be breaking Yahoo!'s terms of service.

[gvanto]

Dang really?

[zzz]

There are a few scripts that would do it, but yes, you need to make sure you read the legal blurb. I believe Yahoo is now offering a way to include stock on other sites for free but you need to use their code. It's possible it's just for a single company... Maybe I'm confusing this with something else. Just check on their site.