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I want to know if there's a way to chose a random link from a news website, get the page and remove all but text to be stored in a database with php cli. I have no limitations on what can be installed as far as php extensions. If there is no easy way to do this, is there a news service that supplies plain text news?
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Nope - not from a 'website'... html will vary from site to site and too complex to filter from one source - add multiple sources and the mission is impossible.
That's the bad news. The good news is that there is a way:
Most "news" site provide their content, or a portion of the content, in RSS feeds. Do some research on RSS2 and ATOM protocols and your answer is in there...
Start here: http://www.whatisrss.com

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