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What built-in PHP functions are useful for web scraping? What are some good resources (web or print) for getting up to speed on web scraping with PHP?
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I have been trying to resolve my issue of spiking cpu caused by php-fpm processes. I've reduced the php-fpm config settings to:
pm = ondemand
pm.max_children = 12
pm.start_servers = 2
pm.min_spare_servers = 2
pm.max_spare_servers = 10
pm.max_requests = 500
php_admin_value[memory_limit] = 128M
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[root@ip ~]# yum install php-pear*
Reducing CentOS-5 Testing to included packages only
Finished
Setting up Install Process
Package 1:php-pear-1.8.1-2.el5.centos.noarch already installed and latest versio …
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I am taking over an application server and discover that it contain the following settings:
AddType text/html php
Although it works, but my understanding is that it should set as following:
AddType application/x-httpd-php php .php
What are the key differences between the two settings?…
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Hello.
I have a server with VBulletin forum (working under Apache 2.2, CentOS). The default settings for it in .htaccess are as follows:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^gsmforum\.ru
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.gsmforum.ru/$1 [R=301,L]
# If you are having problems or are using VirtualDocumentRoot…
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I have installed memcached fine, and now I will need to install PECL extension memcache. Im running RedHat x86_64 es5. The installation gives me this:
downloading memcache-2.2.6.tgz ...
Starting to download memcache-2.2.6.tgz (35,957 bytes)
..........done: 35,957 bytes
11 source files, building
running:…
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After some positive feedback I have decided to continue to develop the PHP Screen Scraping class. This post will server as the permanent home for the class.
Download PHP Screen Scraping Class
Updates
20009-07-30 Added setHeader() function
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What solutions exist for screen scraping a site over SSL for use with .NET?
My use case is that I need to login to a partner website (https), navigate through a dynamic hierarchy, and download a zipped file of reports.
I certainly could use other screen scrapers if there are no good viable options…
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i came across this .net library
http://www.webzinc.com/online/faq.aspx
however, i was wondering if there was a free alternative out there ?
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I've done site scraping of secure page of any site on http:// but when I am trying to scrap any site on https:// then i always scrape the login page not secure page.
Please advice what should i do for scraping a secure page of any site on https://.
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From what I understand, Mashup is aggregating data from separate sources and providing a single view.
How different is mashup when compared to screenscraping or using webservices to get data from external sources?
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