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refactors/smart-scraper
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A smart PHP web scraper.

v0.0.8(10y ago)0372[1 issues](https://github.com/refactors/smart-scraper/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.6.0

Since May 19Pushed 10y agoCompare

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PHP Smart Scraper
=================

[](#php-smart-scraper)

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Smart Scraper is a PHP scraper to scrape information from web pages. It can help you doing that horrible task in a very easy and smart way.

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

[](#installation)

Smart Scrapper needs PHP 5.6.0+ and you can use it via Composer:

`composer require refactores/smart-scraper`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Create a Smart Scraper instance:

```
$scraper = new SmartScraper\Parser($theUrlYouWantToScrape);
```

Then, if you want to save the text of some selector, you should use:

```
$scraper->saveText($name, $expression, [$attribute = null]);
```

The value is saved on `$scraper->{$name}`. Example:

```
$scraper->saveText( 'nick', '.header h1' );
echo $scraper->nick;
```

If you just want to receive the HTML you must use:

```
$scraper->saveHtml($name, $expression, [$index = 0]);
```

The `$index` referes to the position of the element in the page in the case of having more than one.

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 70% 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

8

Last Release

4013d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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