I'm very new to programming, so sorry if this is a dumb question. Is it possible to write a program that can view the source of a webpage and extract and re-write a certain part of the code? For example, I would want the program to view the source of this webpage and write whats in between the <title></title> tags which is "Contribute to the Java Forum | DaniWeb." I don't think this is PHP related because I think although the program is reading from a website, the program itself would be external, not on the website. Thanks in advance for any answers I get.
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Jump to PostYes, just like a browser requests the page, you can write a program to do the same. When you ask about rewriting, you do realize that you wouldn't be changing the actual website page. If you elaborate on what you are trying to achieve that would be helpful in getting …
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