RE: [PHP] Monitor a WP website

> -----Original Message----- > From: tedd [mailto:tedd.sperling@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:47 PM > To: php php > Subject: Re: [PHP] Monitor a WP website > > At 10:09 AM -0700 6/24/08, Ryan S wrote: > >Hey, > >Is there a way to check if a new post has been submitted on your > >favourite wordpress site? > > > So, you want something to tell you if something new has been added to > a remote site, right? > > There used to be free services that did that -- I used to monitor > competitors's web sites using such service. But, I think they > eventually stopped the free service. Here's one site that charges: > > http://www.webmetrics.com/websitemonitoring.html > > Now, if you want to do this on your own, then it should be simple > enough to use get_file_contents and put the file through a md5() > function (or use md5_file) and store the result in a dB. > > Then cron a check every so often to see if the hash has changed. If > it has, then email you notice, rehash the site and store it in the dB. > > Or, am I completely off-base in understanding what you wanted (as > I've been told lately)? tedd, (damnit, Outlook capitalized that for me, and I had to change it back...) I believe he is talking about providing such a service. Of course, I've heard of companies that outsource their entire livelihoods and charge their own customers out the nose for proxy. I'm not sure if he's trying to simply determine if a change has been made or if he is trying to notify people of the particular item that has been posted. Clarifications, Ryan? Todd Boyd Web Programmer