hi i was wondering if it is possible in php to create a bot that would surf my website. i do not need code just wondering what i should use with php to do this.

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hi i was wondering if it is possible in php to create a bot that would surf my website. i do not need code just wondering what i should use with php to do this.

You should have a look at some open source bots like PhiPlan.

Personaly I would use a perl spider set on a cron job to do this, that way you don't need a user to have a web broswer poiting at your website for the bot to run.

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