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Question

I need to develop a system that would log into a website, at regular intervals, through a remote server (I believe "proxy" is the term) and collect data from that website.

What would be the basic requirements, for a system like that, in terms of servers an software? Would I need more than a typical shared hosting plan?

I'm looking for a software solution that is based on PHP.

Edit: The collected data will be used for statistical purposes only - nothing illegal.

Answer 1

You can use the PHP curl functions to request a page.
And Curl allows you to set a proxy like so:

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, "http://proxyaddress"); 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYPORT, 8080); 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, "xxx:xxx"); 

And I guess the reason for the downvotes is that it seems like you are trying to steal a design, but I guess you have a completely legit reason for doing what you want to do!