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Instant PHP Web
Scraping
Get up and running with the basic techniques of web
scraping using PHP
Jacob Ward
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
Instant PHP Web Scraping
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First published: July 2013
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ISBN 978-1-78216-476-0
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About the Author
Jacob Ward is a freelance software developer based in the UK. Through his background
in research marketing and analytics he realized the importance of data and automation,
which led him to his current vocation, developing enterprise-level automation tools, web bots,
and screen scrapers for a wide range of international clients.