Segment of PHP script that scrapes Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto's daily schedule.

peduto_scraper.php

<?PHP

$scheduleArray = explode( "<p><strong>", $schedule );
for( $j = 0; $j < count( $scheduleArray ); $j++ ) {
    $scheduleArray[$j] = strip_tags( $scheduleArray[$j] );
    $scheduleArray[$j] = trim( str_replace( "&nbsp;", "", $scheduleArray[$j] ) );
    //parse split press release into export array
    $start = 0;
    if( $scheduleArray[$j] != "" ) {
        $tempArray = "";
        $tempArray = Array(); //this is where we'll store each event until it goes into the export array
        $lineArray = explode( chr( 10 ), $scheduleArray[$j] );
        $tempArray["title"] = decode_entities( $lineArray[0] ); //the title of the event is always the first line, so let's just do that
        for( $k = 1; $k < count( $lineArray ); $k++ ) {
            // test for time; format if present
            if( stripos( $lineArray[$k], "a.m." ) != FALSE or stripos( $lineArray[$k], "p.m." ) or strpos( $lineArray[$k], "Time" ) !== FALSE ) {
                //format time string and explode into before and after
                $time = str_replace( "Time: ", "", $lineArray[$k] );
                $time = str_replace( "Time ", "", $time );
                $time = explode( " - ", $time );
                //include unformatted time for debugging purposes
                $tempArray["rawstart"] = $time[0];
                $tempArray["rawend"] = $time[1];
                // formatted start date
                $tempArray["start"] = date( "H:i:s", strtotime( $time[0] ) );
                //check if event has end date... if not, use null
                if( $time[1] != "" ) {
                    $tempArray["end"] = date( "H:i:s", strtotime( $time[1] ) );
                }
            }
            if( stripos( $lineArray[$k], "location" ) === 0 ) {
                $tempArray["location"] = str_replace( "Location: ", "", $lineArray[$k] );
            }
        }
        if( isset( $tempArray["location"] ) == FALSE ) {
            $tempArray["location"] = "414 Grant St.";
        }
        if( isset( $tempArray["start"] ) == FALSE ) {
            $tempArray["start"] = "";
        }
        if( isset( $tempArray["end"] ) == FALSE ) {
            $tempArray["end"] = "";
        }
        $export["entries"][] = $tempArray;
    }
}

?>