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<blockquote data-quote="Brackson" data-source="post: 226990" data-attributes="member: 34747">Hello DevBest.&nbsp;This is probably one of my first PHP scripts that I actually tried to make and understand, and I was wondering what you guys thought of it and if it could be optimized or not.&nbsp;What this script does is reads the online count of an index page of a specific retro. I understand that not all retros have their online count in the same div, and I know that this script has to be personalized for every website that you use it on.&nbsp;Also, please excuse the thread title; it's kind of hard to think of a name for something like this.&nbsp;Here it is!&nbsp;Save this as YOUR_FILE.PHP.[PHP]&lt;?php&nbsp; &nbsp; require_once 'simple_html_dom.php';&nbsp; &nbsp; // Download here http://sourceforge.net/projects/simplehtmldom/files/simple_html_dom.php/download&nbsp; &nbsp; // It parses the HTML so we can get the div from the source easier than regular expression.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; /**&nbsp; &nbsp; * Gets number of online users&nbsp; &nbsp; * @return int The number of users online&nbsp; &nbsp; **/&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; function getOnlineUsers() {&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $url = &quot;http://xenon.pw/?novote&quot;;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $html = file_get_html($url);&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $onlineUsers = $html-&gt;find('div[id=&quot;online&quot;]');&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; return intval(strip_tags($onlineUsers[0]));}[/PHP]&nbsp;and save this file something else.&nbsp;[PHP]&lt;?php&nbsp; &nbsp; require_once 'YOUR_FILE.php';?&gt;&nbsp;&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;title&gt;Better script (by Heaplink)&lt;/title&lt;/head&gt;&nbsp;&lt;body&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;p&gt;There are &lt;b&gt;&lt;?=getOnlineUsers() ?&gt;&lt;/b&gt; users online, irght now!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;[/PHP]*Special thanks to Heaplink for these two scripts, which are much more efficient than my first. Compare <a href="http://pastebin.com/m5ZbdsUU" target="_blank">here</a>.&nbsp;I used Xenon because I'm a staff member on it, and it has it's online count on it's index page (which makes it a lot easier). I figured that this script would be good for fansites and such, since it echo's the code as plain text, and you can style it how ever you want to.&nbsp;What do you guys think?&nbsp;This has not been released yet. Please do not release this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brackson, post: 226990, member: 34747"] [SIZE=3][FONT=verdana]Hello DevBest.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=13px][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#333333]This is probably one of my first PHP scripts that I actually tried to make and understand, and I was wondering what you guys thought of it and if it could be optimized or not.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=13px][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#333333]What this script does is reads the online count of an index page of a specific retro. I understand that not all retros have their online count in the same div, and I know that this script has to be personalized for every website that you use it on.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=13px][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#333333]Also, please excuse the thread title; it's kind of hard to think of a name for something like this.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=13px][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#333333]Here it is![/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=verdana]Save this as YOUR_FILE.PHP.[/FONT] [PHP] <?php require_once 'simple_html_dom.php'; // Download here http://sourceforge.net/projects/simplehtmldom/files/simple_html_dom.php/download // It parses the HTML so we can get the div from the source easier than regular expression. /** * Gets number of online users * @return int The number of users online **/ function getOnlineUsers() { $url = "http://xenon.pw/?novote"; $html = file_get_html($url); $onlineUsers = $html->find('div[id="online"]'); return intval(strip_tags($onlineUsers[0])); } [/PHP] [FONT=verdana]and save this file something else.[/FONT] [PHP] <?php require_once 'YOUR_FILE.php'; ?> <html> <head> <title>Better script (by Heaplink)</title </head> <body> There are <?=getOnlineUsers() ?> users online, irght now! </body> </html> [/PHP] [I][SIZE=1][FONT=verdana]*Special thanks to Heaplink for these two scripts, which are much more efficient than my first. Compare [URL='http://pastebin.com/m5ZbdsUU']here[/URL].[/FONT][/SIZE][/I] [SIZE=13px][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#333333]I used Xenon because I'm a staff member on it, and it has it's online count on it's index page (which makes it a [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][I][SIZE=13px][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#333333]lot [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/I][SIZE=13px][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#333333]easier). I figured that this script would be good for fansites and such, since it echo's the code as plain text, and you can style it how ever you want to.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=13px][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#333333]What do you guys think?[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=1][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#333333][I]This has not been released yet. Please do not release this.[/I][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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