Instant Simple Botting with PHP -- Instant Simple Botting with PHP -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.packtpub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- packtlib.packtpub.com -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- 1. Instant Simple Botting with PHP -- So, what is Simple Botting with PHP? -- HTTP request types -- Simple is smarter -- Code example expectations -- Installation -- Step 1 - setting the development environment -- PHP error reporting -- Step 2 - command-line applications -- And that's it! -- Quick start - developing a bot -- Step 1 - HTTP request classes -- Step 2 - HTTP response class -- Why use objects? -- Step 3 - using bootstrap files -- Step 4 - creating our first bot, WebBot -- Step 5 - the WebBot class -- Step 6 - the WebBot Document class -- Step 7- the WebBot bootstrap file -- Step 8 - the WebBot execution -- Step 9 - the WebBot results -- Top 5 features you need to know about -- Bot tracing debug logging -- Parsing bot data -- Storing data -- Bot stealth -- Other advanced features -- People and places you should get to know -- Helpful sites -- A warning about using bots.