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Yahoo movie time ripper
by: Sam McKone
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November 26, 2001
Version: v.1.0
Type: Sample Code (HOWTO)
Category: HTTP
License: GNU General Public License
Description: Get the showtime of movies at any theater listed on movies.yahoo.com. Information stored in a 3d array.
<?php
//===============================================================
// Rip movie show times from a movie.yahoo.com web page
// Sam McKone <sam_mckone@hotmail.com>
// 11/9/2001
//===============================================================
// Path can be set to any yahoo theater listing, go to movies.yahoo.com
// and search for a city, then click on one of the theaters listed
// than copy the address from the address bar into the path variable
$path = "http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/showtimes.html?z=15089&r=sim&m=&t=Destinta%20Theatres%20-%20Plaza%20East%2022&a=&dt=0&s=tm&p=0";
$fp = fopen($path,"r");
if($fp){
//fpassthru($fp); //just to test if the script works, displays the whole file.
$times = fread ($fp,100000);
$times = ereg("<b>Movies and Showtimes</b>(.*)<b>Legend</b>", $times,$content);
$times = strip_tags($content[0]);
$times = ereg_replace(" "," ",$times);
$times = ereg_replace("Movies and Showtimes","",$times);
$times = ereg_replace("Legend","",$times);
$times = ereg_replace("\n\n","\n",$times);
$movie = split("\n \n",$times);
// get the theater name from $path
if(ereg("&t=(.*)&a",$path,$theater)){
$theater = ereg_replace("&t=","",$theater[0]);
$theater = ereg_replace("&a(.*)","",$theater);
$theater = ereg_replace("%20"," ",$theater);
}
for($i = 0;$i < count($movie);$i++){
$movie[$i] = split("\n",$movie[$i]);
}
// sample of how to display the movie info
print "<b>" . $theater . "</b><p>";
for($i = 0; $i < count($movie);$i++){
print $movie[$i][0] . "<br>";
print $movie[$i][1] . "<p>";
}// end sample
}else{
echo "Url could not be opened";
}
?>
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