Re: [PHP] Extract data

[Jim]

The pipe "|" is a regex special character that allows you to specify
multiple options (as in "1|0" will find 1 or 0. Your code will work
if you escape the pipe as such...

25: list(q1,q2,q3,q4,q5)= split ("\|", $answer, 5);

But, it won't work unless you put the $ in front of your variables in
your list constructor

Jim

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>Hello guys
>
>I'm making poll script that stores  data like this:
>
>0|0|0|0|0
>
>
>
>
>But i'm getting this error all the time:
>
>Warning: unexpected regex error (14) in c:\program files\apache
>group\apache\htdocs\eztatic\poll.php on line 25
>
>25: list(q1,q2,q3,q4,q5)= split ("|", $answer, 5);
>
>
>Could any help
>
>Thank you very much in advance
>
>
>
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[PHP] Extract data

[Dan]

Hello guys

I'm making poll script that stores  data like this: 

0|0|0|0|0




But i'm getting this error all the time:
 
Warning: unexpected regex error (14) in c:\program files\apache 
group\apache\htdocs\eztatic\poll.php on line 25

25: list(q1,q2,q3,q4,q5)= split ("|", $answer, 5);


Could any help

Thank you very much in advance



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Re: [PHP] extract data from html

[Hugh Bothwell]

> > > 1. Open the html file in read only mode
> > > 2. Start reading the html file till I encounter a  tag (I don't
know
> > > how to do this)
> > > 3. Grab that data after the  tag (and then what?)
> >
> > See  and
> >  plus the chapter for
> > whatever DBMS you want to drop the file contents into.
>
> Thanks.  One thing just reading the manual without the idea of how the
> function works is of no use.  Some examples would help.  In fact I did use
> fopen, fgets, fgetss but the problems is that the html tag that I am
> looking is .  Now this is easy but if  or  colspan="7"> would give a problem.

(grimace) The PHP manual is actually very well written; I can usually find
exactly what I need in < 10s.  I think your complaint just covers sloppy
thinking.

I'd think you should be able to find screen-scraper code around; if not, try
this:

- search for ''.  Save (this character position + 1).
- search for the first trailing ''.  Again, case-insensitive!
- store everything between the two; strip all HTML tags, add slashes, and
store it.
- increment your file position by 5 characters and repeat.

I'd give you actual code, but I think you could use some manual practice
(smirk).



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Re: [PHP] extract data from html

[CC Zona]

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Adrian D'Costa") wrote:

> > > 1.   Open the html file in read only mode
> > > 2.   Start reading the html file till I encounter a  tag (I don't know
> > > how to do this)
> > > 3.   Grab that data after the  tag (and then what?)
> > 
> > See  and 
> >  plus the chapter for 
> > whatever DBMS you want to drop the file contents into.
> 
> Thanks.  One thing just reading the manual without the idea of how the
> function works is of no use.  

It should be exactly "of use".  Explaining how a function works, and how to 
use it, is the point of a manual.  If there are finer points that you need 
clarification on *after reading the manual entry*, that's understandable.  
But for the most part the manual is clear and accessible, even to a newbie.  
I learned PHP, as a complete novice to that language and programming in 
general, by simply reading the manual through.

> Some examples would help.  

..which is why most manual entries include 1-2 "official" examples, plus 
several others in the user annotations.  If you're not reading the 
annotated version of the manual (as in the links provided), then you're 
only scratching the surface of what the manual has to offer.

> In fact I did use
> fopen, fgets, fgetss but the problems is that the html tag that I am
> looking is .  Now this is easy but if  or  colspan="7"> would give a problem.

See  (as is noted in the 
"see also" note and user annotation for fgetss, BTW; did you bother to read 
the links provided before proclaiming them "of no use"?)

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Re: [PHP] extract data from html

[Adrian D'Costa]

On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, CC Zona wrote:

> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>  [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Adrian D'Costa") wrote:
> 
> > 1.  Open the html file in read only mode
> > 2.  Start reading the html file till I encounter a  tag (I don't know
> > how to do this)
> > 3.  Grab that data after the  tag (and then what?)
> 
> See  and 
>  plus the chapter for 
> whatever DBMS you want to drop the file contents into.

Thanks.  One thing just reading the manual without the idea of how the
function works is of no use.  Some examples would help.  In fact I did use
fopen, fgets, fgetss but the problems is that the html tag that I am
looking is .  Now this is easy but if  or  would give a problem.

Adrian


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Re: [PHP] extract data from html

[CC Zona]

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Adrian D'Costa") wrote:

> 1.Open the html file in read only mode
> 2.Start reading the html file till I encounter a  tag (I don't know
> how to do this)
> 3.Grab that data after the  tag (and then what?)

See  and 
 plus the chapter for 
whatever DBMS you want to drop the file contents into.

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[PHP] extract data from html

[Adrian D'Costa]

Hi,

I keep receiving a lot of word documents the I need to extract and put
into a mysql table.  As of now, I do a cut and paste manually using a html
from to a php script to dump it into the mysql table.

Since the format is usually the same (most of the time) I am sure there
should be another way to do this.  I converted the word doc into a html
file.  Now the question is that I need to write a php script to open that
file and read thru its contents. I am not that experienced in php but can
understand the basics.  The steps that I would take are :

1.  Open the html file in read only mode
2.  Start reading the html file till I encounter a  tag (I don't know
how to do this)
3.  Grab that data after the  tag (and then what?)
4.  Repeat this process till encounter the  tag.

If anyone could give me the steps in hard code and any other alternative
what I would be happy.

A Sample of the word doc (too big to attach)
+---+
COS  Zurich
+---+
JuneJulyAug Hotel   Price
++---+---++-+
 28 2   8   Arion   Fr.1349
Inc Village Fr.1099
++---+---+---+--+

This is a table.  Each table belongs to a different city.  Each row has
more than 2 hotels.

What would be the best solution?

TIA

Adrian


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