Re: stock quotes

From: Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 04:22:43 +0000
Subject: Re: stock quotes
References: 1  Groups: php.general 
Request: Send a blank email to php-general+get-29806@lists.php.net to get a copy of this message
> anyone know any resources that would let me include current stock > quotes in my website, maybe linking to a more descriptive page after > clicking it? > > PHP or other scripting languages too Ethical or legal considerations aside, you can just do like this: <?php $html = fopen("http://yourfaveonlinetocksite.com/quotes.xxx?symbol=LNUX", 'r') or die("Could not open site"); while (!feof($html)){ $line = fgets($html); echo htmlEntities($line), "<BR>\n"; } ?> Of course, you probably want to tear that HTML apart and suck out the data you want... There *may* be sites with Open licenses to get delayed quotes -- There probably aren't any who can legally give you truly up-to-date content for free. So, technical-wise, there's no real challenge -- It's the legal issue and whether you need truly *current* quotes that will cost you money, or slightly old ones.

« previous php.general (#29806) next »