Ok so on my clan forums we have a member list (obviously) and it tracks post count.

 

 

 

We wnat to extract this data to a public webpage/document so that we can access it using a spreadsheet.

 

 

 

The member list itself cannot be accessed if you are not logged in.

 

 

 

Now I can write basic extraction codes in Php (eg taking highscore data) but can anyone tell me if it is even possible (and if so how) to make a script that can log in and therefore access the data?

there's no way to just make the member list public?

Nope that was my first avenue

Just do it via Comma Separated Values(CSV).

That would be helping if i was simplying asking how to extract data, but I already know how to do that.

 

 

 

I need to know how to extract it from behind a password

That would be helping if i was simplying asking how to extract data, but I already know how to do that.

 

 

 

I need to know how to extract it from behind a password

 

 

 

 

 

Pull the data from the database, have PHP write it into a file that can be downloaded. You don't provide your database structure what more do you want me to do for you, you simply just state write a script for me.

That would be helping if i was simplying asking how to extract data, but I already know how to do that.

 

 

 

I need to know how to extract it from behind a password

 

 

 

 

 

Pull the data from the database, have PHP write it into a file that can be downloaded. You don't provide your database structure what more do you want me to do for you, you simply just state write a script for me.

 

 

 

 

 

If you read it carefully you'd see I said I KNOW how to screen scrape/extract data, I am in no way shape or form asking how to do that part of the task.

 

 

 

The issue was the memberlist I want to extract data from requires a login to access it. I want to know what coding I require to make a user log in to said page so that it is then accessible for your standard data extraction methods.