get URL from iframe in PHP?

nassau · #1 (**permalink**) 01-14-05, 01:07 AM

i have an external iframe on my website and i want PHP to read the URL from that iframe and pass it on to my own form, in my own index.php file.

possible?

Beck · #2 (**permalink**) 01-14-05, 05:36 AM

of course you can do it...

firstly u have to open it with fopen and put all content of that page into a variable...

and u should use some regexp to parse(html and other unnecessary parts) it.... eventually u're gonna get info which u had wanted...

there is an example which i used 2 years ago...

<?PHP
$euro = fopen("http://www.eurosport.com/home/pages/V3/L0/S22/E5123/standingCh_Lng0_Spo22_Evt5123_Grp30.shtml","r");

$yaz = false;
$cnt = 0;

while(!feof($euro))
{
$cnt++;
if(($cnt>146) && ($cnt<164)){
$yaz = true;
}
else
{
$yaz = false;
}

$line = fgets($euro, 512);
$line = trim($line);
$line = strip_tags($line, '<head>');

if(($line != "") && ($yaz == true)){
$pos = strpos($line, ">");
$sonuc = substr($line,$pos,"50");
echo $sonuc;
echo "<hr color=\"orange\">";
}
}

?>

nassau · #3 (**permalink**) 01-14-05, 11:23 AM

thanks for your reply. i'm pretty new with php so if you don't mind, would you like to walk me throught it just a little.

on my website, i want users to be able to tell me the name of an artist, song or album and then get a link to the iTunes Music Store generated. apple does just this on the linked page below:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/M.../itmsLinkMaker

this is exactly what i want but i can't copy it since it uses their database etc.

i'm using PHP for my website. so i want to put the apple code in an iframe and read the URL from it after each step of their process is loaded (3 steps). all the info i need is in their URL.

thanks

nassau · #4 (**permalink**) 01-14-05, 11:55 AM

here's a visual explanation of what i want to do:
http://nassau.free.fr/xdiv/itunesconnection/iframe.php

nassau · #5 (**permalink**) 01-21-05, 01:48 AM

ok, thanks for your code beck! i managed to tweak it to work for my application, it's really great.

now, to finalize it i just need to do one last thing, and i can't pull it off myself. using your code above i get the following code returned. i need this to be broken into tables with a new <tr> after every third item. i can wrap all items in <td> but i don't know how to make a <tr> ONLY between every third item.

does anyone have a solution to this.

PHP Code:


			
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600">

    <tr>

        <td>

        

Karma





<input type="checkbox" value="songName=Karma&amp;searchType=1&amp;storeFrontId=143441&amp;artistName=Lloyd+Banks&amp;plid=17034873&amp;id=17034795&amp;playlistName=The+Hunger+for+More"></a>





The Hunger for More





<input type="checkbox" value="searchType=2&amp;storeFrontId=143441&amp;artistName=Lloyd+Banks&amp;id=17034873&amp;playlistName=The+Hunger+for+More"></a>





Lloyd Banks





<input type="checkbox" value="id=5499815&amp;searchType=3&amp;storeFrontId=143441&amp;artistName=Lloyd+Banks"></a>Karma





<input type="checkbox" value="songName=Karma&amp;searchType=1&amp;storeFrontId=143441&amp;artistName=Lloyd+Banks&amp;plid=17035099&amp;id=17035034&amp;playlistName=The+Hunger+for+More"></a>





The Hunger for More





<input type="checkbox" value="searchType=2&amp;storeFrontId=143441&amp;artistName=Lloyd+Banks&amp;id=17035099&amp;playlistName=The+Hunger+for+More"></a>





Lloyd Banks





<input type="checkbox" value="id=5499815&amp;searchType=3&amp;storeFrontId=143441&amp;artistName=Lloyd+Banks"></a>Karma





<input type="checkbox" value="songName=Karma&amp;searchType=1&amp;storeFrontId=143441&amp;artistName=Lloyd+Banks&amp;plid=17035383&amp;id=17035283&amp;playlistName=The+Hunger+for+More"></a>





The Hunger for More





<input type="checkbox" value="searchType=2&amp;storeFrontId=143441&amp;artistName=Lloyd+Banks&amp;id=17035383&amp;playlistName=The+Hunger+for+More"></a>





Lloyd Banks





<input type="checkbox" value="id=5499815&amp;searchType=3&amp;storeFrontId=143441&amp;artistName=Lloyd+Banks"></a>





        </td>

    </tr<

</table>