Php file_get_contents() issue

Question

With php file_get_contents() i want just only the post and image. But it's get whole page. (I know there is other way to do this)

Example:

$homepage = file_get_contents('http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=2&id=221107&hb=5', 
true);
echo $homepage;

It's show full page. Is there any way to show only the post which cid=2&id=221107&hb=5.

Thanks a lot.

Well, I'm new in php, i just want the specific post and image but it's show full page. — user1295995, Mar 27 '12 at 16:22
Have you considered their RSS feed? http://rss.bdnews24.com/rss/english/home/rss.xml — Pete, Mar 27 '12 at 16:23

Alex Turpin · Answer 1 · 2012-03-27T16:29:06.447

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You will need to parse the resulting HTML using a DOM parser to get the HTML of only the part you want. I like PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser, but as Paul pointed out, PHP also has it's own.

edited Mar 27 '12 at 16:29

answered Mar 27 '12 at 16:21

Alex Turpin

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Although you may as well use PHP's built in DOMDocument as it's *probably* more efficient. – Paul Bain Mar 27 '12 at 16:23
@PaulBain either way, it's always nice to have options. Added to the answer. – Alex Turpin Mar 27 '12 at 16:29
True, although the PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser uses regex to parse the DOM, and I'm *sure* someone will point you to: http://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454 – Paul Bain Mar 27 '12 at 16:34
@PaulBain haha, I actually commented this on PsyCoder's answer half an hour ago. Wasn't aware it used regexes. – Alex Turpin Mar 27 '12 at 16:56

nachito · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-27T16:43:39.050

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Use PHP's DomDocument to parse the page. You can filter it more if you wish, but this is the general idea.

$url = 'http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=2&id=221107&hb=5';
// Create new DomDocument
$doc = new DomDocument();
$doc->loadHTMLFile($url);


// Get the post
$post = $doc->getElementById('opage_mid_left');


var_dump($post);

Update: Unless the image is a requirement, I'd use the printer-friendly version: http://www.bdnews24.com/pdetails.php?id=221107, it's much cleaner.

edited Mar 27 '12 at 16:43

answered Mar 27 '12 at 16:27

nachito

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Then go with the first version and strip out the elements you don't want – nachito Mar 27 '12 at 16:34

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 27 '12 at 16:22

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you can extract the

<div id="page">
      //POST AND IMAGE EXIST HERE
</div>

part from the fetched contents using regex and push it on your page...

answered Mar 27 '12 at 16:22

Sujit Agarwal

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Php file_get_contents() issue

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