Re: [PHP] web page download question

2007-11-12 Thread Chris
David Calkins wrote: I'm attempting to scrape a web page to pull out some pertinent info. The URL looks similar to the below. http://www.someserver.com/user-info.xml?user=myusername If I paste the above into my web browser, the page comes up and displays the information. If I try view

Re: [PHP] web page download question

2007-11-12 Thread David Calkins
Its a big company. They provide the page to help people look up the info, but I don't think I could expect support from them on it. I was thinking it was some standard sort of thing, like maybe the way you issue the HTTP request or some way of decoding an alternate document from the source, etc.

Re: [PHP] web page download question

2007-11-12 Thread Chris
David Calkins wrote: Its a big company. They provide the page to help people look up the info, but I don't think I could expect support from them on it. I was thinking it was some standard sort of thing, like maybe the way you issue the HTTP request or some way of decoding an alternate

RE: [PHP] web page download question

2007-11-12 Thread admin
http://www.catavitch.com The Script I have written actually does that for predefined websites. The content is LIVE pull directly from the website listed. MOST important thing to remember GET PERMISSION to scrape as you call it. I can store the data if I want or dish it up in the example. I can