PHP content 'steal'

i am hoping to set up a top 40 uk chart page on my website.

however i do not want to have to sit there for hours every week and type it all up. Is there a script that i can use to 'steal'/copy the information and display/generate the page for me?

thanks in advanced =]

 

You should probably check PHP extension cURL and function preg_match (preg_match_all)

 

so if i were wanting to take the information in the chart, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml, how would i do this?

 

do you want copy pictures to your hosting ? Or do you want use links to the pictures ?

Grab the source code, and study the structure of the page . I had quick view on page , I see the artists content starts with <!-- Start Entry data -->

the content :

<!-- Start Entry data -->

<tr>


<td class="col1">1</td>
<td class="col2">1</td>
<td class="col3">2</td>

<td class="col4">

<img src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/media/images/artists/taio_cruz/090918_cd_heart_70.jpg" width="70" height="70" alt="" border="0" />

<h4>Taio Cruz</h4>
<h5>Break Your Heart</h5>

<p>(Island)<br />
<a href="http://www.taiocruzmusic.co.uk">http://www.taiocruzmusic.co.uk</a></p>
</td>

</tr>

<!-- End Entry data -->


You have to crawl through the page

 

ziya,

is it possible to just make a link to the images?

also would it be possiable to just get:

Taio Cruz
Break Your Heart

rather than:

Taio Cruz
Break Your Heart
(Island)
http://www.taiocruzmusic.co.uk

thanks again

 

Never link to someone else's images.

 

Yes it is possible..

As you see here :

<img src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/media/images/artists/taio_cruz/090918_cd_heart_70.jpg" width="70" height="70" alt="" border="0" />

And yes it is possible just grab the only :
Taio Cruz
Break Your Heart


Bold text is the link the picture . If you will copy it and open it in your browser yuo will se the picture. So you can use this as a link to picture ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/media/images/artists/taio_cruz/090918_cd_heart_70.jpg )

 

Run this code and see what info you nedd from $result array

$data = file_get_contents("http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml");
preg_match_all('%<td class="col1">(\d+?)</td>.+?src="(.+?)".+?<h4>(.+?)</h4>.+?<h5>(.+?)</h5>%sm', $data, $result, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);
print_r($result);

PHP:

It works fine only for 10 first songs

 

the above shows up as http://infectionfm.co.uk/test.php

please advise

 

yes it works
so you have places in $result[1], pics in $result[2], artists in $result[3] and songs in $result[4].
So you got info - do everything you want wtih it.

 

thank you very much AsHinE

just one question:

where

[number] =>

Code (markup):

is shown. how do i get rid of them ?

sorry but i am relativity new to this

 

Use some thing like this :

echo $result[1][0]."<img src='".$result[2][0]."' width='70' height='70' alt='' border='0' /> <br>".$result[3][0]."<br>".$result[4][0];

and use it in a loop

 

i have put

$data = file_get_contents("http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml");
preg_match_all('%<td class="col1">(\d+?)</td>.+?src="(.+?)".+?<h4>(.+?)</h4>.+?<h5>(.+?)</h5>%sm', $data, $result, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);

echo $result[1][0]."<img src='".$result[2][0]."' width='70' height='70' alt='' border='0' /> <br>".$result[3][0]."<br>".$result[4][0];

PHP:

in my test page (show here http://infectionfm.co.uk/test.php) and it displayes the Number 1.

how would i go about putting it into the loop to get the Numbers 1-10?

 

Try this :

$num_elements = count($result);

for($i = 0; $i < $num_elements; $i++) {
echo $result[1][$i]."<img src='".$result[2][$i]."' width='70' height='70' alt='' border='0' /> <br>".$result[3][$i]."<br>".$result[4][$i]."<br>";
}

 

i now have the coding below in the test.php (shown on http://infectionfm.co.uk/test.php) and it displays the top 5... how is it possiable to change it to show top 10?

$data = file_get_contents("http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml");
preg_match_all('%<td class="col1">(\d+?)</td>.+?src="(.+?)".+?<h4>(.+?)</h4>.+?<h5>(.+?)</h5>%sm', $data, $result, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);

$num_elements = count($result);

for($i = 0; $i < $num_elements; $i++) {
echo $result[1][$i]."<img src='".$result[2][$i]."' width='70' height='70' alt='' border='0' /> <br>".$result[3][$i]."<br>".$result[4][$i]."<br>";
}

PHP:

 

try this :

for($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
echo $result[1][$i]."<img src='".$result[2][$i]."' width='70' height='70' alt='' border='0' /> <br>".$result[3][$i]."<br>".$result[4][$i]."<br>";
}
___

 

a missive thank you to all of you. just shows how we can all contribute to get things done =]

if you want to see my final version of the script then go to http://infectionfm.co.uk/top40/

again thanks you everyone

 

i was using the above/below codes for 2weeks to 'steal' the top 10/40 singles from Radio 1 page, and now they have suddenly decided to change there coding... would anyone please be able to adapt it to 'steal' theres once again...

Thanks in advanced

$data = file_get_contents("http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml");
preg_match_all('%<td class="col1">(\d+?)</td>.+?src="(.+?)".+?<h4>(.+?)</h4>.+?<h5>(.+?)</h5>%sm', $data, $result, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);

$num_elements = count($result);

for($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
echo $result[1][$i]."<img src='".$result[2][$i]."' width='70' height='70' alt='' border='0' /> <br>".$result[3][$i]."<br>".$result[4][$i]."<br>";
}

PHP:

 

i have now fixed this problem... thanks anyway people

 

if you fixed, then show your solution, maybe someone could learn from you!