RE: [PHP] Grabbing dynamic pages

This is true this is exactly why i try and find a solution here first (with PHP), my bosses attitude was to hire java programmers i said 'why?'. I also noticed getss which strips stuff on the read which is kinda cool too (c: Joseph -----Original Message----- From: David Robley [mailto:huntsman@www.nisu.flinders.edu.au] Sent: Friday, 7 September 2001 3:02 PM To: Joseph Blythe; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Grabbing dynamic pages On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 14:44, Joseph Blythe wrote: > Hey all, > > I got a bit of a problem I need to be able to grab info (which has been > approved) from the Australian Stock Exchange Website (www.asx.com.au) > all they say about this in the information they sent me is: > > "To obtain your share price data you will need to get your IT > department to write a java object or a com active x object to strip out > the unnecessary html so that you are just left with your share price > information." > > LOL I am the IT department (well part of it) and I don't use or would > even recommend using these products not that there is anything wrong > with them, furthermore even if I did this does not help me very much > (c: > > I was sort of wondering if there is a way to do this sort of thing with > PHP? the only other information I have is the URL in the form of: > > > http://www.asx.com.au/scripts/nd_ISAPI_50.dll/asx/research/chartsSearch >.jsp? searchBy=asxCode&TimeFrame=D&asxCode=ASX > > I tried a quick test using the filesystem functions with no success, I > was sort of hoping for a 'Yes' / 'No" answer maybe if 'Yes' just > a > quick explanation. > > Any help would be much much appreciated. > > Regards, > > Joseph Blythe > Web Development Seems like PHP has something to do just about anything; in this case you may find striptags is just the bee's knees. -- David Robley Techno-JoaT, Web Maintainer, Mail List Admin, etc CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES Flinders University, SOUTH AUSTRALIA Real Programmers aren't afraid to use GOTO's.