Re: Parsing html strings

I'm not sure if the join/file method works for remote files, try using fgets, it has functionality for support of http://. Something like this (untested): $fp = fgets("http://maps.yahoo.com/....blah/blah/","r"); print fread($fp,100000); fclose($fp); On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Stan Mazo wrote: > Hey guys, > > I am trying to extract an a gif image from an html file i get from > maps.yahoo.com. So far I have > > $fcontents = join( '', > > file('http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?BFCat=&Pyt=Tmap&newFL=&addr=900+n.michigan+ave.&csz=60611' > ) ); > > and then print out $fcontents. > > Somewhere in there I know I need to parse for the image but being a > newbie couldn't really figure out where to go from there. Any > suggestions? > > Thanks in advance, > > Stan > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > Hans Anderson ~ me@hansanderson.com PO Box 426, Missoula, MT 59806 | PHP, Search Engines, SQL (800)397-9116 / (406)549-6524 | Databases, Flash Multimedia, http://www.hansanderson.com | Killer Audio Production, http://www.goofiness.com | Minty Fresh Breath.