What's the best way to learn to code in PHP? I want to learn how to make bots, or applications which collect data from different web pages. Does anyone know of some good tutorials or resources to help me out?
Wow, thanks man. I never thought of that. [sarcasm]. I'm looking for more specific help, like making bots and applications which can login to a site and present you back with information.
These links will help: www.php.net/curl - To get content from other pages, log in, etc... (Emulates a web browser) www.php.net/preg_match www.php.net/preg_match_all - To parse the returned data Check the user comments on these pages, there are always good tips and code snippets.