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call a script from within a script

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  • 09-05-2007 5:07pm
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    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭


    i'm making a script thats supposed to be called from a mobile.

    one website i have has no ads so its perfect except they've disabled the curl_init() function which i need. i got another site that lets me use the function but it displays ads on the page so it costs a lot to display it on the phone.

    i need to call a script on the first website which calls the second one and gets the returned text, cuts out all the ad text and only displays the info i need

    basically the php file needs to do the equivalent of typing the second script's address into the address bar but on the server side

    anyone know if its possible?


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    fopen($url, 'r')

    This lets you download the contents of the file from the other host and take whatever contents you're looking for.
    Although this may be disable by the host.


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    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    i was just about to post that i'd found that and it is indeed blocked by the host. i suppose i'll have to find another way. sigh

    do you have any suggestions to get around downloading the ad text?

    failing that i need webspace that:
    is free
    allows curl_init() or fopen() to urls
    has no ads


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