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ppajer/webscraper
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A straightforward web scraper written in PHP, with support for parallel processing and HTML5.

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Since Jul 19Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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WebScraper
==========

[](#webscraper)

A straightforward web scraper written in PHP, with support for parallel processing and HTML5.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

To start using this package, add it to your `composer.json` file and call `composer install`, then include the generated `autoload.php` in your project. Alternatively, download and include the package along with its dependencies directly into your project.

### Dependencies

[](#dependencies)

- [PHP DOM Extractor](https://github.com/ppajer/PHP-DOM-Extractor)
- [PHP Request](https://github.com/ppajer/PHP-Request)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The scraper takes 2 inputs: an array of Request Options that define the resources to gather, and an array of Extracton Rules to specify what data we're looking for in those resources. For more information on [Request Options](https://github.com/ppajer/PHP-Request#multiple-requests---parallelrequest) or [Extraction Rules](https://github.com/ppajer/PHP-DOM-Extractor#defining-extraction-rules), read the respective docs.

```
require 'autoload.php';

$rules = 'path/to/rules.json';
$options = [
	'foo' => ['URL' => 'https://...']
];

$scraper = new WebScraper($rules);
$result = $scraper->start($options);

```

###  Health Score

19

—

LowBetter than 10% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity33

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

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

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

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

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

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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