Re: Parsing remote sites

Robert, See the docs about ereg() and preg(). Here's a quick example of how to get the address, using your example string: $s = "Name: John Address: 456 Main Street"; eregi("address: *(.*)",$s,$m); print $m[1]; // prints 456 Main Street Hans On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Robert Abbate wrote: > Hi. I have been able to fetch content from other sites (using a PHP script > called "Snoopy"), and print it, but I want to be able to recognize certain > words and don't really know where to begin. > > For example: Let's say the site I fetch has: > > "Name: John > Address: 456 Main Street" > > Is there a way to get PHP to recognize certain words (like: "Address" in > this case) and be able to plug in the result (in this case: 456 Main > Street)?? > > Any help would be appreciated. I really don't know where to begin on this > one. > > Thanks! > > > > > -- Hans Anderson -=- me@hansanderson.com | PHP, SQL Databases, Flash 5 Animation http://www.hansanderson.com | & Programming, Killer Audio Production, http://www.goofiness.com | Search Engines, Brewmeister.