spidering question

rene · 07-15-2004, 07:19 AM

Hi.
I have a question. Lets say I have a browse page where a user can browse books based on author. The author is selected from a dropdown. When the user hits find, they go to books.php?authorid=XXXX. Is there a way to dig into these dynamic pages?

Thanks,

And phpdig rocks!

rene · 07-15-2004, 07:35 AM

I thought I found the solution, but i think my problem is more than pulling info session id, but with the form itself.

i have a form with a dropdown :

-author1
-author2
-author3

and the submit button of course.

is there a way to crawl the results of each selection to see url?authorid=authorX?

I'm assuming there will be three different results.

vinyl-junkie · 07-15-2004, 06:11 PM

If you could somehow setup your searches by directory, as discussed in this thread, then you could restrict your search to a certain author in a drop down box. There's no other way that I'm aware of to get the kind of functionality you want.

07-15-2004, 07:19 AM	#1
rene Green Mole Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 4	spidering question Hi. I have a question. Lets say I have a browse page where a user can browse books based on author. The author is selected from a dropdown. When the user hits find, they go to books.php?authorid=XXXX. Is there a way to dig into these dynamic pages? Thanks, And phpdig rocks!

07-15-2004, 07:35 AM	#2
rene Green Mole Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 4	oops I thought I found the solution, but i think my problem is more than pulling info session id, but with the form itself. i have a form with a dropdown : -author1 -author2 -author3 and the submit button of course. is there a way to crawl the results of each selection to see url?authorid=authorX? I'm assuming there will be three different results. Last edited by rene; 07-15-2004 at 08:35 AM.

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07-15-2004, 06:11 PM	#3
vinyl-junkie Purple Mole Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 694	If you could somehow setup your searches by directory, as discussed in this thread, then you could restrict your search to a certain author in a drop down box. There's no other way that I'm aware of to get the kind of functionality you want.