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 >