How to call a Php Function from html - php

Question

I am using a PHP scraper by using simple PHP DOM library. I wrote a function which scrapes data that I need. How can I call that function from html page? I need to show that data in my html page. I am using AngularJS framework and I am working with views.
Here is my code.
function Islamabad_data(){
// Array Declaration
var isb_hi_temp = new Array();
$fhtml1 = file_get_contents('http://www.accuweather.com/en/pk/islamabad/258278/daily-weather-forecast/258278');
$fhtml1 = str_get_html($fhtml1);
$day6 = file_get_contents('http://www.accuweather.com/en/pk/islamabad/258278/daily-weather-forecast/258278?day=6');
$day6 = str_get_html($day6);
echo "Islamabad Data<br>";
echo" <br>High temperature <br>";
foreach($fhtml1->find('#feed-tabs .temp') as $element){
echo $element->plaintext;
?>
isb_hi_temp.push('<?php echo $element; ?>');
<?php
}
$i=0;
foreach($day6->find('#feed-tabs .temp')as $element)
{
if($i<2)
{
echo $element->plaintext;
?>
isb_hi_temp.push('<?php echo $element; ?>');
<?php
$i++;
}
}
echo isb_data;
}

Answer 1

I know this is not an answer but I've simplified your code. It looks like you want to generate a JavaScript array that can be fetched by Angular. Step 1 one is to properly generate the JSON you need. There were a lot of mistakes in your code -- you cannot intermix JavaScript and PHP in the way that you were doing. Usually in PHP we'll generate an array object using PHP then call json_encode to create the JSON object that will be accessed by the client (in this case, you are using Angular as your client).
function Islamabad_data(){
$fhtml1 = file_get_contents('http://www.accuweather.com/en/pk/islamabad/258278/daily-weather-forecast/258278');
$fhtml1 = str_get_html($fhtml1);
$day6 = file_get_contents('http://www.accuweather.com/en/pk/islamabad/258278/daily-weather-forecast/258278?day=6');
$day6 = str_get_html($day6);
//echo "Islamabad Data<br>";
//echo" <br>High temperature <br>";
$hiTemp = array();
foreach($fhtml1->find('#feed-tabs .temp') as $element){
$hiTemp[] = $element;
}
$i=0;
foreach($day6->find('#feed-tabs .temp')as $element) {
if ($i<2) {
$hiTemp[] = $element;
}
$i++;
}
echo json_encode( $hiTemp );
}
Step 2. Use Angular to call your PHP service. Here is an oversimplified example to help you:
function Hello($scope, $http) {
$http.get('/some/where/somefile.php').
success(function(data) {
$scope.islamabadData = data;
});
}
Also you should really be using Accuweather's API instead of doing data scraping.
http://apidev.accuweather.com/developers/

Answer 2

It might help you:
function loadCitiesData($scope, $http) {
$http.get('/some/where/somefile.php?Islamabad=1').
success(function(data) {
$scope.islamabadData = data;
});
$http.get('/some/where/somefile.php?Lahore=1').
success(function(data) {
$scope.LahoreData = data;
});
}
And your somefile.php file:
<?php
if( !empty($_GET['Islamabad']) ){
$fhtml1 = file_get_contents('http://www.accuweather.com/en/pk/islamabad/258278/daily-weather-forecast/258278');
$fhtml1 = str_get_html($fhtml1);
$day6 = file_get_contents('http://www.accuweather.com/en/pk/islamabad/258278/daily-weather-forecast/258278?day=6');
$day6 = str_get_html($day6);
//echo "Islamabad Data<br>";
//echo" <br>High temperature <br>";
$hiTemp = array();
foreach($fhtml1->find('#feed-tabs .temp') as $element){
$hiTemp[] = $element;
}
$i=0;
foreach($day6->find('#feed-tabs .temp')as $element) {
if ($i<2) {
$hiTemp[] = $element;
}
$i++;
}
echo json_encode( $hiTemp );
}elseif( !empty($_GET['Lahore']) ){
// your code, $yourArray = array('something');
// echo json_encode( $yourArray );
}elseif( !empty($_GET['Multan']) ){
// your code, $yourArray = array('something');
// echo json_encode( $yourArray );
}
?>