Wikipedia XML -> PHP?

[Cain]

How would I get this Wikipedia XML:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special...lastair_Ralphs into a PHP
variable (without copy and pasting it manually)?

Thanks,

Cain.

[Benjamin Esham]

Re: Wikipedia XML -> PHP?

Cain wrote:

How would I get this Wikipedia XML:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special...lastair_Ralphs into a PHP
variable (without copy and pasting it manually)?

Use file_get_conten ts():

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php

By the way... if you're going to be doing a lot of work with Wikipedia's
data, please download your own copy of the database:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download

http://download.wikimedia.org/

Not only will your scripts run faster, but it will also take some strain off
of Wikipedia's servers.

HTH,
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[Cain]

Re: Wikipedia XML -> PHP?


"Benjamin Esham" <bdesham@gmail. comwrote in message
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Cain wrote:
>

>How would I get this Wikipedia XML:
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special...lastair_Ralphs into a PHP
>variable (without copy and pasting it manually)?

>
Use file_get_conten ts():
>

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php

>
By the way... if you're going to be doing a lot of work with Wikipedia's
data, please download your own copy of the database:
>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download

http://download.wikimedia.org/

I don't want to download the entire database, I only want some of the
articles. Can someone please tell me how I can get these articles into a
MySQL database?

Thanks,

Cain.

[Piet van Oostrum]

Re: Wikipedia XML -&gt; PHP?

>>>>"Cain" <Cain34345@243K 4ooko342o.net(C ) wrote:

>CHow would I get this Wikipedia XML:
>Chttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special...lastair_Ralphs into a PHP
>Cvariable (without copy and pasting it manually)?

You mean the contents of the document that the URL points to?

$url = "http://en.wikipedia.or g/wiki/Special:Export/Alastair_Ralphs ";
$handle = fopen($url, "r");
$contents = stream_get_cont ents($handle);
fclose($handle) ;

or use file_get_conten ts.
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[IchBin]

Re: Wikipedia XML -&gt; PHP?

Piet van Oostrum wrote:

>>>>>"Cain" <Cain34345@243K 4ooko342o.net(C ) wrote:

>

>CHow would I get this Wikipedia XML:
>Chttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special...lastair_Ralphs into a PHP
>Cvariable (without copy and pasting it manually)?

>
You mean the contents of the document that the URL points to?
>
$url = "http://en.wikipedia.or g/wiki/Special:Export/Alastair_Ralphs ";
$handle = fopen($url, "r");
$contents = stream_get_cont ents($handle);
fclose($handle) ;
>
or use file_get_conten ts.

This is not a solution that you maybe looking for but here goes. The
Eclipse IDE has a wikipedia Plugin that will pert much let you download
change and upload.. There is much more to to this plugin. I figured I
would let you be aware of it.

Naturally the Eclipse link is:

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads

The plugin link is here:

http://www.plog4u.org/index.php/Main_Page

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Thanks in Advance...
IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA http://weconsultants.phpnet.us
'If there is one, Knowledge is the "Fountain of Youth"'
-William E. Taylor, Regular Guy (1952-)

[IchBin]

Re: Wikipedia XML -&gt; PHP?

Piet van Oostrum wrote:

>>>>>"Cain" <Cain34345@243K 4ooko342o.net(C ) wrote:

>

>CHow would I get this Wikipedia XML:
>Chttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special...lastair_Ralphs into a PHP
>Cvariable (without copy and pasting it manually)?

>
You mean the contents of the document that the URL points to?
>
$url = "http://en.wikipedia.or g/wiki/Special:Export/Alastair_Ralphs ";
$handle = fopen($url, "r");
$contents = stream_get_cont ents($handle);
fclose($handle) ;
>
or use file_get_conten ts.

This is not a solution that you maybe looking for but here goes. The
Eclipse IDE has a wikipedia Plugin that will pert much let you download
change and upload.. There is much more to to this plugin. I figured I
would let you be aware of it.

Naturally the Eclipse link is:

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads

The plugin link is here (Plog4U):

http://www.plog4u.org/index.php/Main_Page

--
Thanks in Advance...
IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA http://weconsultants.phpnet.us
'If there is one, Knowledge is the "Fountain of Youth"'
-William E. Taylor, Regular Guy (1952-)

[Cain]

Re: Wikipedia XML -&gt; PHP?

The
Eclipse IDE has a wikipedia Plugin that will pert much let you download
change and upload..

Thanks for this although I've not got it working yet.

I'm following these steps from

http://www.plog4u.org/index.php/Using_Eclipse_Wikipedia_Editor:Download_a_Wikipedia_Article

"Example: grabbing a wikibooks.org article
a.. create a new index.wp file under your projects /wpsrc directory
b.. write a Wiki link definition somewhere in the editor, for example:
[[Programming:HTM L]]
c.. do a "right mouse" click on the link and select menu Open Wiki Link
d.. a new file with the corresponding *.wp filename should open.
e.. do a "right mouse" click on the file name in the Navigator View' and
select menu Wikipedia Download->Refresh Wikipedia from Web
f.. in the opening dialog box select WikibooksEN Download"

However I when I do the last step I don't get any URLs in the opening dialog
box.

Can you help?

Thanks,

Cain.