PHP code to get the HTML code of a webpage

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How do I get the HTML code of a web page in PHP?

Is there a PHP code to get the HTML code of a webpage? $html = file_get_contents('https://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask'); this doesnt work. It simply loads the webpage. I want to display the HTML code when I run the code.

Thanks in advance.

then dont view the output in the browser. Or send a text header. — Gordon, Feb 05 '12 at 18:16

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 05 '12 at 17:58

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Try:

echo htmlentities(file_get_contents('http://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask'));

answered Feb 05 '12 at 17:58

benesch

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Thanks a lot. This code works with the given url. But it doesnt work with 'http://www.maduraonline.com/?find=home'. It simply displays the webpage. Any idea why that is?.I want the html code of this webpage as I'm developing a translator. What can I do to get its html code? Thanks a lot – user1190937 Feb 06 '12 at 09:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 06 '12 at 15:30

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Perhaps try:

$html = htmlspecialchars(file_get_contents('http://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask'));

and try using the tags to output it.

edited Feb 06 '12 at 15:30

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answered Feb 05 '12 at 17:58

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 05 '12 at 17:59

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Just HTML encode your output, so that & becomes &, using the htmlentities function.

answered Feb 05 '12 at 17:59

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 05 '12 at 18:07

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$handle = @fopen("'http://www.webmasterworld.com", "rt");
$code = fread($handle,9000);

This is copied form another thread, but it should be good enough. It will get the code in $handle and then $code would contain 9000 bytes of that code.

answered Feb 05 '12 at 18:07

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score -2 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 05 '12 at 18:00

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Try using exec and wget together:

<?php

exec('wget http://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask -O', $array);

echo implode('<br />', $array);

?>

answered Feb 05 '12 at 18:00

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PHP code to get the HTML code of a webpage

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