4 replies to this topic

[arunjoseph]

Does any1 know how to get a information about a url using php?
For example as in facebook we post a link and then it shots up the title, description and such stuffs!!

[Calgon]

Use file_get_contents to retrieve the contents of the page and store the data in a variable and use a while (or for) loop to read meta tags, or find a javascript alternative.

[Mark Wylde]

This PHP code should do what you want:

<?php


$url = "http://forum.codecall.net/php-forum/38087-how-load-information-page.html";

$file = implode("", file($url));


preg_match("/<title>(.+)<\/title>/i", $file, $title);

echo "<b>The title is:</b> " . $title[1];

[Calgon]

You're forgetting meta data...

[arunjoseph]

Well giving a tutorial or link for it will not harm you in anyway!