/phpBB-Scraper

PHP based tool to scrape information from phpBB based forums (note, designed for older phpBB based forums which use tables for layout)

Primary LanguagePHP

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** phpBB Scraper Script                                          **
** Version 1.0                                                   **
** 10th March 2010                                               **
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** Features:                                                     **
** - Logs in to the forum, so no unaccessable threads            **
** - Iterates through all threads within a given range           **
**   - Will skip missing/deleted threads automatically           **
** - Generates an XML file for each thread, including:           **
**   - Thread Topic                                              **
**   - Post Author                                               **
**   - Post Date/Time                                            **
**   - Details of any externally linked images                   **
**   - Details of any quoted posts, including content            **
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** (c) 2010 Graham Thomson (graham.thomson@gmail.com)            **
** Released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3 **
** - See COPYING                                                 **
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** Thanks to:                                                    **
** - JayJay (PreludeUK) for testing, suggestions                 **
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