Re: web sniffer

Btw., when you use file_get_contets, is there a good way to tell the script to stop recieving the file after let's say 2 seconds - just in case the server is not reachable - to avoid using fsockopen? regards Jochen madunix schrieb:

okay ..it works now i use <?php $data=file_get_contents("http://www.my.com"); echo $data; ?> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Adam Richardson <simpleshot@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote:

On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 00:11 +0200, madunix wrote:

trying http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.fsockopen.php do you a piece of code that read parts pages. On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote:

        On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 00:03 +0200, madunix wrote:

I've been trying to read the contents from a particular URL

into a

string in PHP, and can't get it to work. any help. Thanks -- If there is a way, I will find one...*** If there is none, I will make one..."*** **************** madunix ******************

        How have you been trying to do it so far?

        There are a couple of ways. file_get_contents() and fopen()
        will work on URL's if the right ports are open.

        Most usually though cURL is used for this sort of thing.

        Thanks,
        Ash
        http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk

-- If there is a way, I will find one...*** If there is none, I will make one..."*** **************** madunix ******************

I think you're over-complicating things by using fsockopen(). Try one of the functions I mentioned in my last email Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk

I agree with Ashley, use one of the other options and then parse the response to get the part of the page you'd like to work with. -- Nephtali: PHP web framework that functions beautifully http://nephtaliproject.com

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