[PHP] Help Reading Data

[BreShiE]

Okay, well I'm trying to grab the response of a website, and tell the document that if it returns "404" then to echo online, and if not to echo offline. The code I've got works, but I can put if it equals to anything, it'll still say "online". I want it to echo "Offline" if it doesn't return the string "404".

Here's my code:

PHP Code: (SELECT ALL CODE)

<?PHP
        $url = "http://fyibooter.net/api.php";
        $ch = curl_init();
        $timeout = 5;
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $timeout);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
        $data = curl_exec($ch);
        curl_close($ch);

        if($data = "404"){ // You can change the text inside the quotation marks to anything, and it'll still return "Online"
            echo 'online';
        }else{
        echo 'offline';
        }
?>

Any help's appreciated.

[KoBE]

Unfortunately I'm not to familiar with curl. I will try to find some time to look at this when I'm off work.

[BreShiE]

It doesn't have to be cURL, I just though that'd be the easiest way to do it.

[AceInfinity]

Never used curl other than in the command line from a curl binary, but it is definitely a good tool.

[BreShiE]

So you guys have nothing to offer me? D:

I don't have to use CURL...

[Florin]

I don't know quite good php, but shouldn't be like this:

PHP Code: (SELECT ALL CODE)

$data == "404" 


??

Thanks!

[BreShiE]

(06-29-2012 06:22 AM)florin Wrote:  I don't know quite good php, but shouldn't be like this:

PHP Code: (SELECT ALL CODE)

$data == "404" 


??

Thanks!

You know what's hilarious? That actually fixed it, haha! Thanks.

[KoBE]

Ha! Florin.you're.awesome.

Man. I was overshadowed by my 'unknowing' of curl, that I completely overlooked that. I should have seen that.

Good thing you got it working.

[AceInfinity]

Ahh, see I was in KoBE's same boat here, but to be honest I didn't even actually look at the PHP script you had because of the lack of time I had that day. I'm off in another 30mins/1hour to do something today, but then i'm good for time on the weekend. Unless something else comes up.

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