Comments on: Screen-Scraping With CSS Selectors in PHP

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:52:20 +0000

Interesting points on screen scraping, For simple stuff i use python to web crawl, but for larger projects i used screen scraping software which worked great, they build quick custom screen scraper and web scraper programs

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:23:01 +0000

I thought the post made some good points on screen scrapers, For screen scrapers i use python for simple things, but for larger projects i used screen scrapers which worked great, they build quick custom screen scraper and web scraper programs

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:58:50 +0000

Jake,

Thanks for the great article on how to use phpQuery. I am currently working on a project where I am having trouble determining the correct selector to use in order to grab an item from an unordered list. For the most part, I am able to use the Simple HTML Dom Parser to complete the task but I would rather use a simpler, more elegant solution like phpQuery.

I am trying to grab individual line items from the div#modelSettings on this page: http://www.tweaktv.com/tweak-my-tv/calibration-guide/samsung-ln-40b630-2.html

I can’t seem to find the correct selector or possibly my syntax is incorrect. I tried using your example above with no success and the phpQuery docs tend to be sparse. Do you have any suggestions or ideas which could help me? Thanks in advance, I appreciate your time – Keep up the nice work on your site!

By: Jake Marsh

Jake Marsh — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:26:46 +0000

Test 2.

By: Jake Marsh

Jake Marsh — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:25:06 +0000

Test.

By: Jake Marsh

Jake Marsh — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:18:59 +0000

This is a test.

By: Antonio Max

Antonio Max — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:14:45 +0000

I like the concept, but the example looks a bit confuse to me. Gonna check it out.
But as a developer, I must say that CRUD is the most annoying thing EVER! So maybe a technique like this can help, thanks for sharing!