Php curl remote page javascript extraction

Question

I have a remote page, below shows its source code,

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>somethingg blabla</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
    function blala( ) { /*** code **/ }
    var sitedata = {
            "count": 1,
            "threads": {
                "38752": {
                    "thread_id": 38752,
                    "node_id": 4,
                    "title": "The ShadyCraft Beta Launch!", 
                    "prefix_id": 19, 
                    "content": {
                        "count": 1,
                        "content": {
                            "226167": {
                                "post_id": 226167

                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        };
var extra_codes_here = 'blabla';
</script>

<h1>Hello world</h1>
</body>
</html>

I have code for curl this page and i got this source code, but how to get the value var sitedata to php array ,

you want javascript variable in to php array?

Akshay
– Akshay

2016-12-30 05:47:21 +00:00
Commented Dec 30, 2016 at 5:47 — Akshay
– Akshay, Commented Dec 30, 2016 at 5:47
yes i want javascript to php array

VishnuKumar Pv
– VishnuKumar Pv

2016-12-30 12:03:18 +00:00
Commented Dec 30, 2016 at 12:03 — VishnuKumar Pv
– VishnuKumar Pv, Commented Dec 30, 2016 at 12:03

harry · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-30 05:55:58Z

1

$doc; // your document

preg_match('/var\ssitedata\s=\s({.*});/s', $doc, $matches);
$json = $matches[1];
print_r(json_decode($json, true));

and your json is incorrect.

"post_id": 226167,

to

"post_id": 226167

answered Dec 30, 2016 at 5:55

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2 Comments

VishnuKumar Pv Over a year ago

this json just copied from internet.. its just a sample.. :)

VishnuKumar Pv Over a year ago

copied json is too big then stackoverflow shows too many codes... just removed some parts ;)

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