Re: Web fetching script

G'day Guys Sorry, i should have explained it better. What i want to do is grab 2 different lots of text from the same page. Say the page had this text 10am Some text 12pm Different text 2pm I want to be able to grab from say 10am to 12pm and store it in $texta and then grab from 12pm to 2pm and store it in $textb - but with the script i've pasted below i can only grab one lot of text at a time! to grab 2 lots of text from the same page i have to have 2 scripts and in the end i've opened up and closed the page twice! Anyway, any help i can get will be much appreciated This is the script i'm using <? $GrabURL = "url.txt"; $GrabStart = "start"; $GrabEnd = "stop"; $file = fopen("$GrabURL", "r"); $rf = fread($file, 20000); $grab = eregi("$GrabStart(.*)$GrabEnd", $rf, $printing); $printing[1] = str_replace("replacedatestamp", "withnewstamp", $printing[1]); fclose($file); echo $printing[1]; ?> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave" <dave@hawk-systems.com> To: "Ben Quinn" <benquinn@optushome.com.au>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 10:57 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] Web fetching script > What response are you expecting, and what response are you getting? > > assuming your regex is working as expected, you are running it twice to receive > the same result into 2 different variables??? why not just copy the variable > after > > additionally, $printing is filled with the matches of your regex(10 of them > according to manual) as such you have to specify which element of $printing you > are wanting to print, or you will get the lovely "array" output > > I don't understand why the grab variables are there unless you need them later. > Without accounting for your regex... > > eregi("$GrabStart(.*)$GrabEnd", $rf, $printing); > echo $printing[1]; > $printingb=$printing; > echo $printingb[1]; > > >I have a web fetching script that fetches text from an external URL and I > >would like to grab two lots of text at the same time - can anyone tell me > >why this isn't working? > > > ><? > > > >$GrabURL = "http://grabfile.html"; > >$GrabStart = "start"; > >$GrabEnd = "stop"; > > > >$file = fopen("$GrabURL", "r"); > > > >$rf = fread($file, 20000); > > > >$grab = eregi("$GrabStart(.*)$GrabEnd", $rf, $printing); > > > >echo $printing; > > > >rewind($rf); > > > >$grab2 = eregi("$GrabStart(.*)$GrabEnd", $rf, $printingb); > > > >echo $printingb; > > > >fclose($file); > > > >?> > > > > >