How to fetch / extract data using CURL in PHP?

Sunday, February 13, 2011, 2:58
How-to, PHP
18 comments

This is an example that fetches / extracts the information that we get while we search in google as define:words.

Open google.com and type define:zany in search box and press enter.

You will get list for definition of word zany.

In this example, using curl i am demonstrating to fetch the data from that page starting with <ul> tag to </ul> tag.

<?php
$url = "http://www.google.com/search?q=define:zany";
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$var= curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$first= stripos($var,'<ul’,0) ;
$second= stripos($var,'</ul>’,0) ;
echo substr($var,$first,$second-$first);
?>

<?php

$url = "http://www.google.com/search?q=define:zany";

$ch = curl_init($url);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

$var= curl_exec($ch);

curl_close($ch);

$first= stripos($var,'<ul’,0) ;

$second= stripos($var,'</ul>’,0) ;

echo substr($var,$first,$second-$first);

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18 Comments on “How to fetch / extract data using CURL in PHP?”

generic cialis wrote on 26 April, 2011, 21:14
Many thanks for providing this post. It is really essential for me.
Tessa wrote on 29 April, 2011, 14:37
I’m not easily ipmrsesed. . . but that’s impressing me! 🙂
Wedding planner wrote on 23 July, 2011, 23:49
Great article thanks
chand wrote on 19 August, 2011, 10:22
hi,
I need some help like i have api of one service provider and some tracking id’s. they are providing data in xml, and when i am passing id’s by using html text tag and posting to curl it is not coming but id is displaying on url. when i pass id directly it is comming. what to do.
admin wrote on 22 August, 2011, 7:52
Hello chand , thanks for your queries. Please recheck your codes or test by making similar example in your local host. Without seeing actual scenario i cannot help…
chand wrote on 22 August, 2011, 10:15
how to current status from this following file

http://trackntrace.aflwiz.com/aflwizhtmltrack?shpntnum=84252622306407166
admin wrote on 26 August, 2011, 12:11
Hello Chand, the code below will give you value of first Current Status found on page http://trackntrace.aflwiz.com/aflwizhtmltrack?shpntnum=84252622306407166 . Hope this helps.
chand wrote on 29 August, 2011, 13:16
2011-08-24 16:12

how to take only date from this in php
admin wrote on 30 August, 2011, 5:12
Hello friend chand, Please send your question clearly in my email mast.ratna@gmai.com so that i can find exact solution and help you. Thanks
chand wrote on 2 September, 2011, 12:25
Thanks a lot for your help.
Kumar wrote on 26 April, 2012, 17:10
How to fetch data in php(curl) from this site http://www.metrorailindia.com 1> i want train fare from one station to another 2> timings of train in current station 3> stations comes between one station to another
Gomathi wrote on 13 July, 2012, 4:09
Good article and informative… keep it rock
ruchit wrote on 28 October, 2012, 16:05
i want to extract and display data(textual and binary data) from a website that provides informations about different cars falling under a specified range of price….can you help me?
i just want to use these urls in my database and search for the required data by crawling through these websites.
sujitha wrote on 5 January, 2013, 9:41
thank u .it helps me alot
Sachin wrote on 27 June, 2013, 12:11
Thanks a lot, much needed info. keep it up.
Utpal wrote on 13 October, 2018, 17:46
Impressive info. Thanks for this kind help.
gaurav singh wrote on 10 October, 2020, 9:31
Very useful article thank you so much