How do I get text from a website using PHP?

Question

So, I\'m working on a PHP script, and part of it needs to be able to query a website, then get text from it.

First off, I need to be able to query a certain website

Answer 1

If you want more control, use cURL. Otherwise: file_get_contents..

$url  = "http://www.example.com/test.php";  // Site URL.
$site = file_get_contents($url);             // Gets site response.