function http_ajax($url, $data)
{
global $http_html, $http_ohtml, $http_headers;
$save_headers = $http_headers;
if (empty($http_headers["X-Requested-With"])) {
$http_headers["X-Requested-With"] = "XMLHttpRequest";
}
$http_html = http_curl($url, $data);
$http_headers = $save_headers;
$http_ohtml = $http_html;
if (!$http_html) {
re(false);
return false;
}
if ($http_html[0] == "{" || $http_html[0] == "[") {
return re(json_decode($http_html));
}
$http_html = flatty_html($http_html);
set_source($http_html);
re($http_html);
return $http_html;
}
<?php
// Sample TASK: get past-2015 movies from IMDB Top 250 and write to MySQL DB. Take cover images as well
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
require '../parsemx.php';
begin_debug();
// By default, localhost root/root MySQL user is used. Set $q_server, $q_user, $q_password to override
$q_database = 'imdb_sample';
q("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS films (title VARCHAR(250), year SMALLINT, cover VARCHAR(250))");
$http_cache = true;
http_get('http://www.imdb.com/chart/top/');
foreach (tags_html('.titleColumn') as $film) {
set_source($film);
$year = inside('(', ')', tag_text('.secondaryInfo'));
if ($year < 2015) {
continue;
}
http_get(tag_link('a'));
// Open film link
$title = q_escape(replace('(*)', '', tag_text('h1')));
// Take title and remove year like (2015) from it
if (q("SELECT * FROM films WHERE title={$title}")) {
continue;
}
// If film already in DB, skip
http_get(tag_link('.poster'));
// Open poster link
$cover = q_escape(http_get_file(tag_image('#primary-img'), 'covers/'));
// Download primary image from slideshow
q("INSERT INTO films SET title={$title}, year={$year}, cover={$cover}");
}
