Get GE price in php script

[teuneboon]

I made a simple php script that uses curl to get the price of a ge item of the runescape site. Just place it on top of a .php file, and then you can call it by using: echo getprice(itemid); You can find the id of an item if you look at it in runescape grand exchange. Like for grain: http://teun.beijers.eu (making it english soon).

 

<?php

function getprice($id) {

   $url = "http://itemdb-rs.runescape.com/viewitem.ws?obj=".$id;

   $startat = "Market price: ";

   $stopat = "";

   $ch = curl_init();

   $timeout = 5;

   curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);

   curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);

   curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $timeout);

   $start = curl_exec($ch);

   curl_close($ch);

   $exploded = explode($startat,$start);

   $exploded = explode($stopat,$exploded[1]);

   $result = str_replace('
','',nl2br($exploded[0]));

   return $result;

}

echo getprice(1947);//get grain price

?>

[Owned_Nex]

Very nice...

 

 

 

But I don't see how you get the item ID?

[teuneboon]

You know how to access all grand exchange prices on the runescape main site? Just click on an item there, and in the adress bar there should be a number at the end of the url, this is the id.

[HoMM88]

OMFG THIS IS SO AWESOME.

 

I <3 U.

 

lol.

[teuneboon]

@Homm: in one word: lol

[Deathmath]

This has MANY applications. There are lready scripts but it's not bad in of itself.

[la la la]

Now is there a way to write a script that simply alerts you when the prices update? That would sure make 3a buying easier.

[HoMM88]

Now is there a way to write a script that simply alerts you when the prices update? That would sure make 3a buying easier.

 

 

 

Gl with that, GE website updates like 10 minutes after the prices actually update, I already have such a trick that alerts me when the website updates.

 

 

 

 

 

And btw I was serious. This is awesome. I am so gonna learn some PHP to make myself a price tracker/calculator (for personal merchanting use) but school is coming so I dont have much time... :/

[teuneboon]

I recommend you to go to the library and get a basic book then, and find a nice online community where you can ask stuff(phphulp.nl, dutch site for me)