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PHP Scrape HTML: Retrieve and extract data from remote sites

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scrape 1.0.1MIT/X Consortium ...5PHP 5, Text processing, Web services
Description 

Author

Matthew Boyle

This class retrieve and extract data from remote sites.

It can send a HTTP request to retrieve data from a remote site or use a given string from a local file.

The class can extract text that is contained between a given prefix or suffix strings.

The search for the strings can be made from the retrieved data start or end.

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Example

<?php

include( 'scrape.class.php' );

$info = new Scrape('http://www.zip-codes.com/search.asp?fld-city=Lansing&fld-state=MI&selectTab=2&Submit=Find+ZIP+Codes');
$rows = $info->split('techHover',0,1);

foreach( $rows as $row ){
    $zip = $info->extractText($row, '.asp">');

    // some string manipulation to get what you want
    $cty = $info->extractText( substr($row, strpos($row, '/county')), '.asp">' );

    echo "ZIP Code: {$zip} is in the county of {$cty}<br />\r\n";
}

?>

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