You should be OK then: file_get_contents is valid in PHP 4 >= 4.3.0 and PHP 5 accoring to php.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Makins" <spindrift at oceanfree.net> To: "[JavaScript List]" <javascript at LaTech.edu> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 1:28 PM Subject: Re: [Javascript] Content Retrieval > Oh, that's nice and simple !! I can cope with the extraction OK. > > One question - what do you mean by 'if your php installation is older' ? > (My host uses PHP4.3.4) > > Tim in Ireland. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roger Roelofs" <rer at datacompusa.com> > To: "[JavaScript List]" <javascript at LaTech.edu> > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 11:55 AM > Subject: Re: OT: cURL (was Re: [Javascript] Content Retrieval) > > > > Tim, > > If you use php, curl is not necessary. > > > > <?php > > > > $var = file_get_contents("http://www.mydomain.com/index.html"); // puts > > whole file in a string var > > > > // if your php installation is older you can > > > > $aVar = file("http://www.mydomain.com/index.html"); //puts file into > > an array of lines > > $var = implode("\n", $aVar); //concatenates > > array into string var > > > > // extracting the required text is left as an exercise for the reader... > > > > ?> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Javascript mailing list > > Javascript at LaTech.edu > > https://lists.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript > > > _______________________________________________ > Javascript mailing list > Javascript at LaTech.edu > https://lists.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript > > -- > This email has been verified as Virus free > Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net