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A PHP Web Scraper - Designed for Speed

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ScraperMoreFaster
=================

[](#scrapermorefaster)

ScraperMoreFaster is a PHP class built to scrape the content of a webpage faster than SimpleHTMLDOM (by SourceForge). It came about when I needed a faster scraper solution for a web crawler. SimpleHTMLDOM is a wonderful parser, and very robust in it's feature set. But unfortunately too slow for crawler purposes, where every millisecond counts.

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

The ScraperMoreFaster.php file found in the lib folder is the only file needed to use this class.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Defining the HTML to be Parsed

[](#defining-the-html-to-be-parsed)

```
$scraper_more_faster = new ScraperMoreFaster;

```

**To define the HTML file *from a URL*:**

```
$scraper_more_faster->file_get_html($url);

```

This will define the HTML by using the file\_get\_contents php command to pull in the HTML from the given URL.

**To define the HTML file *from a string*:**

```
$scraper_more_faster->str_get_html($html_str);

```

This will define the HTML simply from the string passed in the $html\_str var.

### Scrape PlainText from page

[](#scrape-plaintext-from-page)

My biggest purpose for creating this class was for the PlainText functionality. In speed tests, I found the plaintext functionality to be dozens of times faster than SimpleHTMLDOM's plaintext functionality. And in all comparison tests, the plaintext from each tool was 99% - 100% similar.

To run this command (after defining the HTML as desribed above):

```
$scraper_more_faster->plaintext();

```

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

See smf\_tester.php for example usage.

###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance17

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

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