PHP script that displays another page partial content

[diego.sala@gmail.com]

If you go to http://europe.nokia.com/A4305060, fill the "Enter your
product code:" field with the value "0523183" and press "Go" (the
ending page URL varies because there's a variable session-ID in the
URL-link associated to "Go") you will obtain this string:

"Version: RM43_V1.10.030"

Is it possible to have a string.php page that just display this string?
how can I do it?

[Rik]

Re: PHP script that displays another page partial content

diego.sala@gmai l.com wrote:

If you go to http://europe.nokia.com/A4305060, fill the "Enter your
product code:" field with the value "0523183" and press "Go" (the
ending page URL varies because there's a variable session-ID in the
URL-link associated to "Go") you will obtain this string:
>
"Version: RM43_V1.10.030"
>
Is it possible to have a string.php page that just display this
string? how can I do it?

It would help if you could determine what actually happens when posting the
form. It relies on javascript, which is not available to you directly in
PHP. If you know a little bit of javascript and have some time, you might
figure out exactly what's done on a submit of the form, and mimique that
with for instance cURL.

If it's directly written to the page, you could use a regex on the obtained
$html to capture the version:

preg_match('|<d iv
id="phoneUpdate QueryResults">. *?<dd><span>(.* )</span>|si',$html ,$match);
echo "Version is {$match[1]}.";

I'd say it is a LOT of work to figure out how to bypass/replicate the
javascript. Maybe it's easier to ask Nokia wether they have some more
direct/transparant link you can use.

I've cheated a bit: I have used Fiddler to examine the request, and I've
taken as much out as i could to still make it work. Using cURL to get the
data seems to work here now, but as I'm not familiar with the Nokia
backend, I cannot be sure about the validity of the different values, they
can be temporary, expiring, are altered without notification offcourse :-).

<?php
$id = '0523183';
$post =
'T4256046810116 7294708450l10n= %2Fncom4%2FGB%2 FSoftwareVersio n%2F%2Flabels.s
tr%3B%2Fncom4%2 FGB%2FSoftwareV ersion%2F%2Ferr ors.str%3B%3B%3 B&T4256046810 11
67294708450%7Ba ctionForm.produ ctCode%7D='.$id ;
$url =
'http://europe.nokia.co m/appmanager/UnitedStatesEng lishEUROPE_NOKI A_COM_3/G
et_support?_nfp b=true&_windowL abel=T425604681 01167294708450& _pageLabel=P324
575&wsrp-urlType=blockin gAction&wsrp-interactionStat e=_action%3D%2F pageflow
s%2FSoftwareVer sion%2FgetVersi on';

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch , CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch , CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch ,CURLOPT_POSTFI ELDS,$post);
curl_setopt($ch , CURLOPT_RETURNT RANSFER, true);

$html = curl_exec($ch);
preg_match('|<d iv
id="phoneUpdate QueryResults">. *?<dd><span>(.* )</span></dd>|si',$html,$ match
);
echo "Version is {$match[1]}.";
?>

Mind you: the $post & $url values should be on one line, remove the
newlines envitabel created in posting to a newsgroup.
--
Rik Wasmus

[lucavilla@cashette.com]

Re: PHP script that displays another page partial content

Rik, thank you very much for your code.
I tried it, after having adjusted the the $post and $url values in one
line, but all I see at the end is "Version is .".

I'm not sure about what the script does but note that the url alone
doesn't work if I try it in Internet Explorer:

http://europe.nokia.com/appmanager/UnitedStatesEnglishEUROPE_NOKIA_COM_3/Get_support?_nfpb=true&_windowLabel=T42560468101167294708450&_pageLabel=P324575&wsrp-urlType=blockingAction&wsrp-interactionState=_action%3D%2Fpageflows%2FSoftwareVersion%2FgetVersion

Any idea about what's the problem?

[Rik]

Re: PHP script that displays another page partial content

lucavilla@cashe tte.com wrote:

Rik, thank you very much for your code.
I tried it, after having adjusted the the $post and $url values in one
line, but all I see at the end is "Version is .".
>
I'm not sure about what the script does but note that the url alone
doesn't work if I try it in Internet Explorer:
>

http://europe.nokia.com/appmanager/U...n%2FgetVersion

>
Any idea about what's the problem?

The url alone will not work, it's a form post, that's the reason to user
cURL.

Indeed the url has seemed to timed out somehow. I can take the new
poststring and url without a problem en replicate it, but I think it will
just timeout again.

Guess it either has going to be the hard way: determine what the javascript
actually does, ir the better way: contact Nokia with the question if they
have an url available which does not time out, or another service to
automatically retrieve the lastest version.
--
Rik Wasmus

[diego.sala@gmail.com]

Re: PHP script that displays another page partial content

Rik, thank you very much for your code.
I tried it, after having adjusted the the $post and $url values in one
line, but all I see at the end is "Version is .".

I'm not sure about what the script does but note that the url alone
doesn't work if I try it in Internet Explorer:
http://europe.nokia.com/appmanager/U...UROPE_NOKIA_CO...


Any idea about what's the problem?