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Best Programming Language For Scraping by Malfromed4(op): 3:54pm On Jan 02, 2021
I want to know what is the best language for scraping the web is it PHP with Simple HTML Dom library or Python with Beautiful Soup.
As many people recommended me PHP since it can run with almost every web server without much hassle and further configuration.
Re: Best Programming Language For Scraping by JFOD: 6:07pm On Jan 02, 2021
The best programming language is the one you know how to use best.
Re: Best Programming Language For Scraping by Nobody: 6:32pm On Jan 02, 2021
Malfromed4:
I want to know what is the best language for scraping the web is it PHP with Simple HTML Dom library or Python with Beautiful Soup.
As many people recommended me PHP since it can run with almost every web server without much hassle and further configuration.
I have not used PHP for scrapping before though, but I can tell you that Python is great
Re: Best Programming Language For Scraping by Brukx(m): 7:28am On Jan 03, 2021
Malfromed4:
I want to know what is the best language for scraping the web is it PHP with Simple HTML Dom library or Python with Beautiful Soup.
As many people recommended me PHP since it can run with almost every web server without much hassle and further configuration.
Python, beautiful soup and request library
Re: Best Programming Language For Scraping by silento(m): 7:47am On Jan 03, 2021
I have used php and Python the truth Python carry the cup
Re: Best Programming Language For Scraping by Kaidou(m): 7:56pm On Jan 04, 2021
Malfromed4:
I want to know what is the best language for scraping the web is it PHP with Simple HTML Dom library or Python with Beautiful Soup.
As many people recommended me PHP since it can run with almost every web server without much hassle and further configuration.
Use python...

It's faster, easy to learn...and has a lot of potential

You could also learn splash and selenium for scraping heavy JavaScript websites
Re: Best Programming Language For Scraping by Karleb(m): 8:16pm On Jan 04, 2021
Why isn't anyone talking ruby?
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