Hey, so I'm just wondering if anyone knows of where I could find tutorials on using PHP scripts to log into other websites (submit the HTMl forms), find a certain text string, and return its value. (Then save it to a variable to be inserted anywhere else)
Basically I'm trying to use my existing web server to log in to my cell phone carrier's online interface, load the page that shows my current data usage this month and extract just the actual text string with the number in KB. Then I'll embed it into my own pages.
Eventually if I figure that out, I'll expand for other services, I'm eventually hoping to pull a number of different services to create a HUD-page of sorts for my Droid. (Or possibly a Homescreen widget if I decide to dedicate the time to learn the language)
I've heard of similar things done before but can't seem to figure out what to search for or how to do it anywhere.
Basically I'm trying to use my existing web server to log in to my cell phone carrier's online interface, load the page that shows my current data usage this month and extract just the actual text string with the number in KB. Then I'll embed it into my own pages.
Eventually if I figure that out, I'll expand for other services, I'm eventually hoping to pull a number of different services to create a HUD-page of sorts for my Droid. (Or possibly a Homescreen widget if I decide to dedicate the time to learn the language)
I've heard of similar things done before but can't seem to figure out what to search for or how to do it anywhere.