Compare html file to another.

[eter4]

I need to grab a webpage and find a specific sentance in it... then compare it to one in a log file. If the 2 are different then log the new entry.

EX: If you have a webpage telling you the last time something was updated. The script would compare this line to a line in a text file. If this date was newer overwrite the file with the new date.


Thanks

 

[piti]

try this

$remotepage = fopen("

http://www.server.com/thepage.html","r");

while ( $row = fgets($remotepage, 1024)) {
if (strpos($row, "Last update&quot) { //place you search string there
//now select the string from the row ($current) and compare it to the stored one
if ($stored != $current) {
//store the new one
break;
}
}
}