How to fetch / extract data using CURL in PHP?
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); ?>
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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.
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…
how to current status from this following file
http://trackntrace.aflwiz.com/aflwizhtmltrack?shpntnum=84252622306407166
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.
2011-08-24 16:12
how to take only date from this in php
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
Thanks a lot for your help.
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
Good article and informative… keep it rock
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.
thank u .it helps me alot
Thanks a lot, much needed info. keep it up.
Impressive info. Thanks for this kind help.
Very useful article thank you so much