JTJockinJT
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Is there a way to get the ticker symbol of a company using its company name in php?I had list of company name and they are plenty, so instead of manually search on the ticker symbol i want to know if there is a code or program that retrieves the ticker symbol of a company by just giving some list of comapny name.sample of company name list:\[code\]3Com Corp3M CompanyA.G. Edwards Inc.Abbott LaboratoriesAbercrombie & Fitch Co.ABM Industries IncorporatedAce Hardware CorporationACT Manufacturing Inc.Acterna Corp.Adams Resources & Energy, Inc.ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Adelphia Communications CorporationAdministaff, Inc.Adobe Systems IncorporatedAdolph Coors CompanyAdvance Auto Parts, Inc.Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.AdvancePCS, Inc.Advantica Restaurant Group, Inc.The AES CorporationAetna Inc.Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.AFLAC IncorporatedAGCO CorporationAgilent Technologies, Inc.Agway Inc.Apartment Investment and Management CompanyAir Products and Chemicals, Inc.Airborne, Inc.Airgas, Inc.AK Steel Holding CorporationAlaska Air Group, Inc.Alberto-Culver CompanyAlbertson's, Inc.Alcoa Inc.Alleghany CorporationAllegheny Energy, Inc.Allegheny Technologies IncorporatedAllergan, Inc.ALLETE, Inc.Alliant Energy CorporationAllied Waste Industries, Inc.Allmerica Financial CorporationThe Allstate CorporationALLTEL Corporation\[/code\]sample output must be:\[code\]<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><sec> <company> <symbol>COMS</symbol> </company> <company> <symbol>MMM</symbol> </company> <company> <symbol>AGE</symbol> </company> <company> <symbol>ABT</symbol> </company> <company> <symbol>ANF</symbol> </company> <company> <symbol>ABM</symbol> </company> <company> <symbol>ACEHP</symbol> </company> <company> <symbol>ACTM</symbol> </company> <company> <symbol>ACTR</symbol> </company> <company> <symbol>AE</symbol> </company> <company> <symbol>ADCT</symbol> </company>\[/code\]