Well not so much processing XML but rather grabbing HTML input and parsing it for certain values. I use this approach very heavily for inputing a DB table with information that needs to be displayed back to the web users.
Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Kimsal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 4:53 PM Subject: [PHP] Re: got some advice.... need to know the lingo > Ben Turner wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > I am working on converting a site from ASP to PHP and I was wondering if > > their where any built in functions to perform screen scraping. In ASP, the > > XML DOM is most commonly used to accomplish this. I am thinking that there > > should be something to get the task done in PHP but I cant even find the > > correct keywords to use to search for anything like this. Anyone got some > > advice on what to search by or maybe a link to get some more information?? > > > > > http://www.carrubbers.org/scripts/php/xpath/ > > That might be of use to you. Doesn't require any libraries, and seems > a bit more documented than most other packages. > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
