PHP, Get file_get_contents from webpage & compare

Question

I am getting an error on this:

<?php
$homepage = file_get_contents('http://segeco.me/lol.txt');
if ($homepage == ('loll')) then
echo $homepage;
?>

ERROR: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'echo' (T_ECHO) in /home/bluesnow/public_html/dog.php on line 5

(The code is not php, Just an example.)

Also, How can i fetch this from the internet?, For example i want to fetch a txt from dropbox. — Segeco, Oct 20 '15 at 16:24
`file_get_contents()` just returns a string. Check the docs: http://php.net/file_get_contents — gen_Eric, Oct 20 '15 at 16:27

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 20 '15 at 16:50

Your error was in if($homepage== ('loll')) then

You should do:

if($a == $b){
echo $a;
}
else{
echo "nope...";
}

Full example:

$first = file_get_contents('http://www.example.com');
$second = file_get_contents('http://www.wikipedia.org');

if($first == $second){
echo $first;
}


else{
    echo $second;
}

PHP, Get file_get_contents from webpage & compare

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