Mark Hensler — Sun, 17 Jun 2001 01:27:02 +0000

Yes, small changes to the HTML can affect the way that the script grabs content. Your script will basically pattern match the HTML for the information that you want. If the pattern changes, then your script needs updated.

You do have permission? Kuel! Check your email. Because of the topic, I thought it best to send you the info that way. I hate tempting people to commit copyright infringments.

nootopian — Sat, 16 Jun 2001 22:17:16 +0000

appreciate your POV.

actually it is with the permission of the sites involoved.

ive heard screen scraping can be very problematic to maintain if even trivial changes are made to the original content pages html.

i just wanted to read up on it but couldnt find much searching for 'screen scrape' on google.

do people use another term to describe this activity?

Mark Hensler — Sat, 16 Jun 2001 16:01:13 +0000

Yes, you can dynamically steal content with PHP.
No, I will not tell you how, unless you have permission to take that content.