Creating a simple PHP scraper

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Hello
I need to create a simple PHP scraper which scrapes prices from different URLs. Can anyone recomend a good codebase for this?
#creating #php #scraper #simple
  • Profile picture of the author tweakr
    I personally like PHP Simple HTML DOM
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  • Profile picture of the author lisag
    Originally Posted by tweakr

    I personally like PHP Simple HTML DOM
    I second that vote



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  • Profile picture of the author MarketingAce
    I actually like desktop applications that you can just fire up and let them go to work. Having to open up your browser, type in a url, wait for it to load, perform the scraping is more time consuming...
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  • Profile picture of the author FredBliss
    Definitely like simple html dom!
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  • Profile picture of the author lordspace
    ... hm, if the HTML is not correctly written the parser may not work.
    I think a scraper + regular express would be a better option.
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    Are you using WordPress? Have you tried qSandbox yet?

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