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sunilbhatia79 · 02-26-2008, 06:18 PM

This article discusses about how to write a website scraper using PHP for web site data extraction. The concepts taught can be applied and programmed in Java, C#, etc. Basically any language that has a powerful string processing capability. This article will teach you the basics of website scraping. The article will further cover a tutorial to find web ranking from Yahoo.com search engine.

Steps involved to write a scraping program

Visit the URL
Understand the pattern
Validate the structure of pattern on different URLs
Write the program
Test the program using various input parameters

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02-26-2008, 06:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
sunilbhatia79 The Wanderer Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 24 Thanks: 0	Tutorial on writing Website Scrapers This article discusses about how to write a website scraper using PHP for web site data extraction. The concepts taught can be applied and programmed in Java, C#, etc. Basically any language that has a powerful string processing capability. This article will teach you the basics of website scraping. The article will further cover a tutorial to find web ranking from Yahoo.com search engine. Steps involved to write a scraping program Visit the URL Understand the pattern Validate the structure of pattern on different URLs Write the program Test the program using various input parameters Full post: Writing Website Scrapers in PHP \| Geek Files __________________ Sunil Bhatia www.twitter.com/sunilbhatia79 - Follow me on Twitter PHP5 Tutorials Career Articles Last edited by Wildhoney : 02-26-2008 at 07:25 PM.