"PHP Noobs Beware: Easy Way to Create a Simple Web Scraper"

[Valeraglasov]

"Hey guys, I just made a super simple web scraper using PHP and I had to share. I was experimenting with the 'file_get_contents' function and it's crazy how easy it is to get started. I'll give you a quick rundown of the basic code, so if anyone is new to PHP, let's get this discussion going"

 

[anpel]

Yeah, I've used Scrapy (Python) and Octoparse (GUI-based) for web scraping, both are pretty easy to use and powerful. PHP might not be the first choice for this task, but if you need it, you can give Goutte or Symfony's WebScraper a shot. Anyone had any experience with web scrapers in PHP?

 

[csoft2]

"Already got this covered. I've been using Scrapy with Python for web scraping, and it's super easy to learn. Any PHP noobs, just saying, there are better options out there"

 

[kasim-m]

strategies - let's talk

 

[sdmarka]

Discussion: latest news

 

[jigan13]

Thoughts on strategies?

 

[a_krut]

Discussion: best practices

 

[dazicks]

Thoughts on strategies?

 

[ichsan baitinur]

Thoughts on opportunities?

 

[Maxik2004]

Thoughts on market updates?

 

[Jonzy72]

"Dude, if you're gonna scrape, you gotta be careful not to get banned by the websites you're scraping from. Using something like Scrapy or Cheerio in Python is way more reliable than rolling your own in PHP. Just saying."

 

[vibr]

Thoughts on new trends?

 

[AliZairov]

Discussion: strategies

 

[Upiter-d]

"Cheers to this thread, guys! I've been playing around with Scrapy, and it's honestly super easy to create a web scraper with it. Anyone have any good resources for learning it, or is the official docs enough?"

 

[misha1950]

"Yooo, thanks for the share! I've been meaning to get into web scraping for a project and this looks super straightforward. Has anyone tried this with Python requests, though?"