use URL (get method) to extract info

test.php

<?php 
// create database 'db' and a table 'students'  with cols INT 'id' and VARCHAR(2500) 'info' 

$begin_id = 42332;     // first id
$end_id   = 45408;      // last id

//  42332 to 45408 are ids of my college students 2nd yr to final yr


// mysql database info
	$server="localhost";
	$username="user";         
	$password="password";
	
	$database="db";
	$table="students";
// end mysqlinfo


$con=mysql_connect($server,$username,$password);
    if(!$con)
{ echo "could not connect to db";exit(); }

mysql_select_db($database,$con);
	




$i = $begin_id;
while ( $i <= $end_id )
   {

		$filename="http://14.102.11.90/newregi/rcard.asp?USER=".$i."&YEAR=2013-2014&SEM=II"; // webpage address is filename

		$webpage = file_get_contents( $filename,true );

		$start = strpos($webpage,"<hR>");             // from first <hr> 
		$end   = strpos($webpage,"<hR>",$start+1);    // to second <hr>

		$content = substr($webpage,$start,$end-$start);      // take out the main-personal table (main-content)
        $content = trim($content);
		$content = addslashes($content);
		
		// mysql save in a db

			$sql = "INSERT INTO ".$table." (id,content) VALUES (".$i.",'".$content."');";
			
			if( !empty($content)) 
			{   mysql_query($sql,$con); }
			     
          echo "<br>done till : ".$i;
    $i=$i+1;
	}
	
mysql_close($con);
	
	
	echo "done : from ".$begin_id." to ".$end_id;
?>