Re: stock quotes
| From: | Mukul Sabharwal | Date: | Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:41:11 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: stock quotes | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Hi,
You can try my script :
http://www.devhome.net/php/scripts/smarket.html
--- Richard Lynch <richard@zend.com> wrote: > > 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.
>
>
>
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