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Fetch another sites HTML via cURL?

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  • 28-09-2008 8:52pm
    #1
    gnomer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 94 ✭✭


    Hey,

    I'm trying to get my head around cURL.

    Basically, ATM, I'm just trying to grab the pages HTML.

    Can anyone give me a tip with starting this off?

    Thanks!


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    #2
    gnomer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 94 ✭✭gnomer


    Disregard this topic, I have solved it myself.

    file_get_contents($url);


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    DonkeyStyle \o/
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,145 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    Here's a good starting point on making sure curl is set up and working (read the comments)... http://ie.php.net/curl

    The most basic way to get something happening is this...
    [php]
    $url = "http://example.com";
    $handle = curl_init($url); //initialize
    curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); //makes curl_exec() return the contents of the url instead of just true or false (default)
    $contents = curl_exec($handle); //make curl go
    curl_close($handle); //clean up
    [/php]


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