Are there alternative methods, aside from PHP, that can be used to retrieve content that is loaded dynamically on a page?

When content is loaded dynamically on a page, traditional methods like using file_get_contents() in PHP may not work as expected. One alternative method is to use cURL, a library that allows you to make HTTP requests and retrieve content from a URL. By using cURL, you can bypass the limitations of file_get_contents() and successfully retrieve dynamically loaded content. 

<?php

$url = 'https://example.com/page-with-dynamic-content';

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$output = curl_exec($ch);

if($output === false){
    echo 'Error: ' . curl_error($ch);
} else {
    echo $output;
}

curl_close($ch);

?>

Keywords

JavaScript AJAX DOM manipulation web scraping cURL

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