Web scraping

Ignoring Errors Returned by PHP file_get_contents HTTP Wrapper

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I discovered that CodeEval was down briefly for maintenance, which caused my badge (in the sidebar of this blog) to be populated with the error message associated with an HTTP 503 error. Since I didn’t want error messages to be returned by my PHP script, I added one line and changed the line containing the … Read more

Scraping a DIV Element from a Web Page with PHP

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I recently read an article about CodeEval, a free gamified website for ranking developers, and bringing employers and developers together. Essentially, a developer can sign up, complete coding challenges, and earn badges and a “Hacker Ranking” that will compare his or her skills to others who have signed up on the site. Also, completing some … Read more