Can I search the source code of a website?

Basically is it possible using Google (or some other search engine) to search a site's source code for a string, and if so, how? Thanks for any help.
AJ

 

you can download a whole website with website downloader software but its not possible to downloand code if that in php or .net or any other language

 

The site I wanted to search is too large for me to download, which is why I wanted to search. Thanks for the info though.

 

Yes,you can search the source code of a website.

 

No, I don't think you can use any search engine to search through a website's source code. But you can develop or download a script to scrape whatever you want from a page.

http://www.bradino.com/php/screen-scraping/

 

Thanks sevnrock, this looks like exactly what I need.

 

a nice information.. as a newbie.. just came to we can download websites.. awesome bro..

 

nice info .......

 

bradino.com seems like a good resource website! Thanks for sharing.

 

download what you want to get.as a geek ,he or she make use of web site to service .

 

Yeah use screen scaling and website downloaders, if you download the site in full, you can use google's desktop search to search for strings - google desktop search is a good tool for many needs and it's best to download entire sites for future reference regardless of size

 

if you mean the client side source ( like html, javascript ..etc ) yes you can see it and if you won you can spider it but if you mean server side source (php, asp , python , java ..etc ) you CAN'T cuz this code are executed on the server before being deployed to your browser and its the one who in some case will generate the hole client side source

 

yes, its possible using google's Code search engine application which is under Google Labs section.

however you may not be able to get some ones restricted source code. all you can get is the publicly posted source codes.

 

had you tried google crome just open the site on this browser and use tools for designers in tool bar of the browser you can have the coding of the site at the bottom of the page from there you can copy the stuff. But the main issue is that it will not show all the codes.

 

Google Chrome (or in any browser) --> RIGHT CLICK --> 'View Page Source' ....if there is no option from a right click, go to your browser's settings --> tools --> view source (CTRL+U in Chrome)

 

you can download a whole website with website downloader software.

 

its easy man, just search around a website harvester and you are on your way

 

bradino.com is a good resource for developers.

 

Thanks for sharing this nice information.....