Okay, so i have spent god knows how long trying to figure this out, with the help of someone else and i still cant make it work and im at the point of insanity.

okay so the code i have:

PHP Code:

<?php 
$user = 'dan'; 
$pass = '******'; 
$url = 'xdnet.co.uk';//do not include 'http://' 
$page = file_get_contents("http://$user:$pass@$url:2082/frontend/x3/status.html"); 
//$int = preg_match("/<table border=2>.*<\/table>/is",$page, $match);
$pattern = "#\<table\>(.+?)</table\>#ie";
$int = preg_match($pattern, $page, $match); 
echo count($match);
echo $match[0];
 
?>

basically it should get the page (which it does fine) and then just show the table.


but it dont.

$match is empty and $int returns false (0)

so what the *bleeping* is wrong with it! >< GUH!!!! I HATE REGEX!

All the TP i can give for a working answer!
*bloodshot twitchy eyes*

Dan

Is it possible to show the html that is returned from the page?

Originally Posted by dansgalaxy

PHP Code:

 $pattern = "#\<table\>(.+?)</table\>#ie"; 


To begin with, a couple of minor issues: first, the brackets (< and >) don't need to be escaped. It won't break your regexp if you do use them, though. Second, the "e" modifier at the end of the pattern is ignored for a preg_match(). I can't remember what it does, but I do know it's only used for preg_replace().

By default, in preg_whatever functions, a . will match all characters EXCEPT newlines. So if this table that you are trying to scrape has a newline anywhere in it, this regexp will not match it. The solution is to add the "s" modifier to the end of the pattern.

Try:

PHP Code:

$pattern = "#<table>(.+?)</table>#is"; 


Hopefully that fixes it.

EDIT: I'm going to sneak an edit in here because I just realized that the brackets (< and >) can have a special meaning in regex, and I don't want someone to read this later and leave with false info. Regex is so complicated!

okay, thanks frost tried it no such luck

http://xdnet.co.uk/status.php <- the file

(note the extra 0 on there is because i am also echoing $int)

you can view the html page here: http://xdnet.co.uk/cpanel_status.php this is using a simple file_get_contents without trying to edit the returned page... so u can se it all

This really is doing my nut in now, i thought i could just find a snippet on google and dump it in and be done! surly SOMEONE other than me has wanted to do this before?!

Thanks all,
Dan

YAY this seems to work!

PHP Code:

$pattern = "#<table.*/table>#is"; 


*skips off merrily*