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Asked: 2026-05-10T21:20:18+00:00

A remote site is supplying a data structure in a js file. I can

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A remote site is supplying a data structure in a js file.

I can include this file in my page to access the data and display it in my page.

<head>     <script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.example.co.uk/includes/js/data.js'></script> </head>

Does anyone know how I use PHP to take this data and store in it a database?

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  1. You should GET that file directly, via, for example, CURL. Then parse it, if it comes in JSON, you can use json-decode.

    Simple example (slightly modified version of code found here):

    <?php $url = 'http://www.example.co.uk/includes/js/data.js'; curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); ...  $output = curl_exec($ch); $info = curl_getinfo($ch);  if ($output === false || $info['http_code'] != 200) {   $error = 'No cURL data returned for $url ['. $info['http_code']. ']';   if (curl_error($ch))     $error .= '\n'. curl_error($ch);   } else {   $js_data = json_decode($output);   // 'OK' status; save $class members in the database, or the $output directly,    // depending on what you want to actually do.   ... }  //Display $error or do something about it  ?>
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