how to make php script use a list of proxies

Question

Im using the Google pagerank checking script found here:

http://www.off-soft.net/en/develop/php/prcheck.html

I've noticed however that after too many requests the server gets a temporary ban.

I'd like to somehow route requests through a list of proxy servers - can anyone get me started?

I'm looking for any code examples of php requests using a list of proxies.

Thanks!!

Answer 1

The temporary ban is to prevent abuse. Using proxies to bypass the ban isn't exactly a nice thing to do. So, you're not likely to find anyone here who'll help you violate that site's TOS.

That being said, a proxy for HTTP is just a webserver that'll process/honor requests for foreign/outside URLs and return the results. The rest is left as an exercise to the asker.

Answer 2

PHP's curl library allows you to use socks5 and http proxies. A list of proxy servers should be verified using a tool like YAPH before using them.