Using the CURL class from my previous post, its very easy to fetch any webpage, a random article from Wikipedia for instance.
Just use the following script and you are done.
<?php
include(”myCURL.class.php”);
$curl = new myCURL();
echo $curl->get(”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random”);
?>
You may then $curl->post this to some web log or just email it some email id and host your own automated posting.
Similarly you can also run your own “Word of the Day” service by fetching a random word from any dictionary website and emailing it to a list of people.
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