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 have Curl installed, use it. Otherwise:

$website = file_get_contents('http://google.com');

Then you need to search through the string for the text you want. How you do that depends on the website, and the text you're trying to read.