Re: php + lynx + grep

From: Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 14:26:58 +0000
Subject: Re: php + lynx + grep
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Functions like system, exec etc aren't supported by most ISP ( at least over here in germany ). But you might give file_get_contents(); file(); ... a look as they can read the output of HTTP request which might be easier: $var = file ( 'http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KTOL.html' ); foreach ( $var AS $line ) { if ( preg_match( "41-35-19N" , $var ) ) ... etc pp } good luck, red [...] > lynx --source http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KTOL.html > > |grep -v '41-35-19N' |grep TOL | head -n 1 > > I need to get the output of the above command for a web site I'm > working on. I've tried exec(), system() and neither seems to > work. > > It's output should be something like this(it changes hourly): > <TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"> KTOL 031452Z 28013KT > 10SM CLR 10/01 A2977 RMK AO2 SLP086 T01000006 58015 > [...]

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