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PHP Script that will grab info from websites.. UGH!?

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:33 pm
by xiope
Hello all, I hope you can help. I am ok with php, I can program what I need if I have more info on it. Here is my problem.. I own a real estate website that has various Foreclosures etc on it, right now I have a person that manually puts in the data. I need a script that will cut down on time and man power, I used to have one on my old website that automatically pulled in info from other websites such as Events etc around the area. Maybe Perl? Any help/ suggestions would be appreciated. -XIOPE

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 8:05 pm
by neophyte
Do the sites you're pulling from have a RSS feed? That would be one very simple way of getting the information you're after.

Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:02 am
by Ambush Commander
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.curl.php

Although you've got me thinking that you should be working on a more friendly user interface (what's he using, phpMyAdmin?)

Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:07 am
by RobertGonzalez
Before you get into snagging peoples content, are you legally allowed to use their material?