If you have no clue what Im talking about, sorry but it's late and thats the best I could explain it.
Edited by danieldaniel, 28 August 2006 - 03:42 AM.
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Ive been wondering this forever
Started by danieldaniel, Aug 28 2006 03:39 AM
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Posted 28 August 2006 - 03:39 AM
Does anyone know how/tutorials on how to sort of "crawl" another site? A good example of what I mean is this, when you submit a video into digg, it crawls the page and takes a screenshot of the video. I know how to do it on my own server, but I want to know how to do it on others. Is this even done in PHP?
If you have no clue what Im talking about, sorry but it's late and thats the best I could explain it.
If you have no clue what Im talking about, sorry but it's late and thats the best I could explain it.
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Posted 28 August 2006 - 08:57 AM
The best method to crawl another website is to use cURL module (it can be installed from WHM if you have access, otherwise ask your host.)
http://curl.haxx.se/
As for taking a screenshot of a video, you will need some sort of application on your server to do so. I believe it's not included already in PHP.
http://curl.haxx.se/
As for taking a screenshot of a video, you will need some sort of application on your server to do so. I believe it's not included already in PHP.
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