get data

arkismad

hey, how can i get data from a website http://ops.warrock.net/ShowClan.aspx?c=578
i am trying to display my clans world rank and stuff in php

laserlight

If url fopen wrappers are enabled (check phpinfo(), or just try using the function and see), you could use something like [man]file_get_contents/man and then parse the string returned. Of course, if the game changes the HTML, your parser must change to accommodate it.

arkismad

lol sound hard. Any tuts to show me how do what u said? and thanks 😛

laserlight

Well, with url fopen wrappers enabled getting the client side source is easy:

$source = file_get_contents('http://ops.warrock.net/ShowClan.aspx?c=578');

Now the question is how to interpret the contents of $source to get what you want. Do a "view source" in your web browser. Identify the distinct parts of the client side source code that you are interested in, and then say, write a regular expression pattern to match it, then use [man]preg_match_all/man to get the results.

Of course, this assumes that you already know HTML (which is typical for PHP programmers) and regular expressions (which should be typical for PHP programmers, but unfortunately is not always the case).

Thankfully, HTML and regular expression tutorials are readily available online. You can also read the PHP manual's entries on [man]PCRE[/man].

arkismad

m8 u are the best ty , but how do i tell if fopen wrappers are enabled

laserlight

how do i tell if fopen wrappers are enabled

Method #1:
Create and run the script:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Search for "allow_url_fopen". If it is On, url fopen wrappers are enabled. Otherwise they are not enabled.

Method #2: Just do it. If it fails, url fopen wrappers are probably not enabled.

arkismad

that website is external. does tht matter?

laserlight

that website is external. does tht matter?

That's the reason for needing url fopen wrappers to be On. If you are reading from a local file, it does not matter.

arkismad

lol so how do i check the fopen wrappers?

laserlight

lol so how do i check the fopen wrappers?

I outlined two methods for doing that in post #6 of this thread.

arkismad

-Nevermind got it- Ty

edit2 yea its nw Perfict xD

laserlight

Yea but what do i so with this script ? do i had the url inside the () then upload?

hmm... it sounds like you need to learn the basics of PHP first, otherwise the only way you can get your script to work is to have someone else write it for you.

I gave you a starting point with:

$source = file_get_contents('http://ops.warrock.net/ShowClan.aspx?c=578');

That line will get you the client side source code (HTML code) of the game website's ranking page (or whatever it is). The challenge is to write the PHP code that will search for the relevant ranking within the source.

arkismad

thats true, but i need to see if its possible before i start lol.
Whats the error here? http://www.4f-scotland.com/test.php

<?php
phpinfo(http://ops.warrock.net/ShowClan.aspx?c=578);
?>

laserlight

thats true, but i need to see if its possible before i start lol.

That's wise. I can tell you that it is definitely possible.

Whats the error here? http://www.4f-scotland.com/test.php

You need to post the PHP source code, probably around and before line 10.

arkismad

i did edited it lol

laserlight

Eh, what did you expect that code to do? You might want to read the PHP manual on [man]phpinfo/man and [man]file_get_contents/man.

arkismad

lol how noob am i, ahh well u gotta start somewere

benracer

Create and run this...

<?php
$source = file_get_contents('http://ops.warrock.net/ShowClan.aspx?c=578'); 
echo $source;
?>

If you right click and view the source and it matches the one on that ops.warr..... site then i assume it works.

arkismad

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arkismad

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