Creating a simple PHP scraper

by skjoldby Posted: 14 years ago 7 replies

Hello
I need to create a simple PHP scraper which scrapes prices from different URLs. Can anyone recomend a good codebase for this?

tweakr 14 years ago

I personally like PHP Simple HTML DOM
lisag 14 years ago

I second that vote
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- SteveSRS 14 years ago
  
  I 'third' that vote..
  It is a great start for scraping..
  
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hm2014 Banned 14 years ago

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MarketingAce 14 years ago

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...
FredBliss 14 years ago

Definitely like simple html dom!
lordspace 14 years ago

... hm, if the HTML is not correctly written the parser may not work.
I think a scraper + regular express would be a better option.
aquot85ST Banned 14 years ago

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