Stories from the Web Crawling trenches in file_get_contents

Downloading Images from URLs in PHP

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: May 5, 2024

Learn different methods to download images from URLs using PHP, including file_get_contents, cURL, fopen, fwrite, Guzzle, and Imagick.

Using Proxies in file_get_contents in PHP in 2024

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Jan 9, 2024

Proxying web requests in PHP using stream_context_create and file_get_contents. Adding authentication for secure proxies. Advanced HTTP options through stream contexts. Debugging common PHP proxy problems. Scraping via cURL. Leveraging Proxy-as-a-Service for robust web scraping with Proxies API.

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