What is the simplest way of embedding another web page in my PHP script

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I have a simple PHP script that needs to parse the content of another webpage. What is the easiest way to put the HTML code into a PHP variable?

what have you tried? looking e.g. here: stackoverflow.com/questions/3885760/… should give you some starting info — codeling
– codeling, Commented Sep 6, 2012 at 7:27
I've looked into CURL, but I've spent a few hours with it, and it seems unnecessarily complex. — Bashevis
– Bashevis, Commented Sep 6, 2012 at 7:29
see, that's the info that you should put into the question ;) — codeling
– codeling, Commented Sep 6, 2012 at 7:30

divide by zero · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-06 07:31:59Z

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In your php script:

$html = file_get_contents('http://yourUrl.com');
echo $html;

If you need more advanced functionality, like simulating Headers/Cookies, look into - cURL.

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answered Sep 6, 2012 at 7:29

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