Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers: A Guide to Developing Internet Agents with PHP/CURL by Michael Schrenk is what got me into programming PHP Webbots. Without this handy guide I’d be lost! Start with some simple code source and work your way up in no time with this book. Give this book a try, I know you’ll love it. What could be more fun than creating an army of autonomous scripts/bots that perform your bidding without you lifting a finger…. This book will show you how to make something, something living.
The code samples in this book are a bit dated, so if you want php code samples that will work with PHP 5.4 or greater than check out Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers: A Guide to Developing Internet Agents with PHP/CURL 2nd Edition.
This is a great coder source: Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers: A Guide to Developing Internet Agents with PHP/CURL
Sample projects using standard code libraries (you'll have to download and include() them) will reinforce your new webbot programming skills. This is one of my favorite PHP Programming Sources of all time! To date, I've written over 50 Webbots and screen scrapers thanks to this book....