What are some potential methods to automatically update PHP/MYSQL data based on external sources like Transfermarkt.de?

To automatically update PHP/MYSQL data based on external sources like Transfermarkt.de, you can create a script that fetches data from the external source using APIs or web scraping techniques. Once the data is retrieved, you can compare it with the existing data in your MYSQL database and update it accordingly. 

<?php
// Fetch data from Transfermarkt.de using APIs or web scraping
$external_data = file_get_contents('https://www.transfermarkt.de/data.json');
$external_data = json_decode($external_data, true);

// Connect to MYSQL database
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "username", "password", "database");

// Retrieve existing data from MYSQL database
$query = "SELECT * FROM table";
$result = $mysqli->query($query);

// Compare external data with existing data and update MYSQL database
while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
    foreach ($external_data as $data) {
        if ($row['id'] == $data['id']) {
            $update_query = "UPDATE table SET column1 = '{$data['value1']}', column2 = '{$data['value2']}' WHERE id = '{$data['id']}'";
            $mysqli->query($update_query);
        }
    }
}

// Close MYSQL connection
$mysqli->close();
?>

Keywords

PHP MySQL data update external sources Transfermarkt.de

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