Hello Gurus,
I would like to know how we can read a PHP webpage using C.
For example lets say we have a php page which has
Name Vinod Krishnan
Age 24
How can these values be retrieved and stored in a variable in C.
I tried to get this info all over the web and I couldn't get it. Could some one please help me on this?
Thank you very much in advance.
Thanks
Vinod
As far as I know PHP is a server side scripting language, which means that you don't actually read the PHP but the effects of the PHP code when issuing a request to the server. From that point of view I think you should read on how socket programming works in C to get started on this.
1. Get rid of gets(). Never ever ever use it again. Replace it with fgets() and use that instead.
2. Get rid of void main and replace it with int main(void) and return 0 at the end of the function.
3. Get rid of conio.h and other antiquated DOS crap headers.
4. Don't cast the return value of malloc, even if you always always always make sure that stdlib.h is included.
Do it all yourself using the lowest level API available
Beej's Guide to Network Programming
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http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt
Use a library which does a lot of the low level stuff for you.
cURL and libcurl
The 'PHP' is irrelevant, how the stream of HTTP gets generated doesn't matter.
All you see is the stream of bytes, and that is what you have to deal with.
If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.
