HtmlSource class

HtmlSource class
Retrieve the HTML source from a website, and parse/strip its tags.

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HtmlSource class

The HtmlSource class is a simple way of retrieving, and stripping, HTML source from any website, given a URL. It features properties for all of the possible request headers you can send (including Referrer and User agent), and also support for both GET and POST (POST requests are made up automatically by the class), and also cookies.

The class also has properties for stripping the html and removing the Response headers that are returned after a HTTP request.

This class like all PHP classes on sloppycode.net was made in PHP 3.x or 4, so unfortunately isn't guaranteed to be error free anymore.

<?
include("clsHtmlSource.php");

/* -- Most basic example -----------------------------------------------------*/
$source = new HtmlSource();
$source->host = "www.sloppycode.net";
$source->page = "/";
$source->method = "GET";
echo "<h1>Basic EXAMPLE</h1>";
echo $source->getSource();
echo "<BR>(Request: ".$source->request.")";
$source = null;

/* -- GET example ------------------------------------------------------------*/
$source = new HtmlSource();
$source->host = "demos.sloppycode.net"; // Add www. before if you get a 302
$source->port = 80;
$source->page = "/php/clsHtmlSource/test.php";
$source->method = "GET";
$source->httpversion = 1.0; // use 1.1 for IIS 4/5
$source->timeout = 5;

$source->addGetVar("test",urlencode("test")); // don't forget to URL encode
$source->striptags  = false;
$source->showsource = false;

// Output
echo "<h1>GET EXAMPLE</h1>";
echo $source->getSource();
// For debugging:
echo "<BR>(Request: ".$source->request.")";
echo "<HR>";
$source = null;

/* -- Cookie example ---------------------------------------------------------*/
$source = new HtmlSource();
$source->host = "demos.sloppycode.net";
$source->port = 80;
$source->page = "/php/clsHtmlSource/test.php";
$source->method = "GET";
$source->httpversion = 1.0;
$source->timeout = 5;

$source->addCookie("test",urlencode("test"));
$source->striptags  = false;
$source->showsource = false;

// Output
echo "<h1>COOKIE EXAMPLE</h1>";
echo $source->getSource();
echo "<HR>";
$source = null;

/* -- POST example -----------------------------------------------------------*/
$source = new HtmlSource();

$source->host = "demos.sloppycode.net";
$source->port = 80;
$source->page = "/php/clsHtmlSource/test.php";
$source->method = "POST";
$source->httpversion = 1.0;
$source->timeout = 5;

$source->addPostVar("test",urlencode("test"));
$source->striptags  = false;
$source->showsource = false;

// Output
echo "<h1>POST EXAMPLE</h1>";
echo $source->getSource();
echo "<HR>";
$source = null;

/* -- HTTPS GET example ------------------------------------------------------------*/
$source = new HtmlSource();
$source->host = "sloppycode.net"; // Add www. before if you get a 302
$source->port = 443;
$source->page = "/";
$source->method = "GET";
$source->httpversion = "1.0"; // use 1.1 for IIS 4/5
$source->timeout = 5;

$source->striptags  = false;
$source->showsource = false;

// Output
echo "<h1>HTTPS GET EXAMPLE</h1>";
echo $source->getSource();
// For debugging:
echo "<BR>(Request: ".$source->request.")";
echo "<HR>";
$source = null;
?>