What are the limitations and challenges of accessing and manipulating elements within an iframe or external website using PHP?

When accessing and manipulating elements within an iframe or external website using PHP, one limitation is that PHP is a server-side language and cannot directly interact with client-side elements like JavaScript can. To overcome this limitation, you can use a combination of PHP and JavaScript to communicate between the server and client sides. 

// PHP code to send data to an iframe using JavaScript
echo '<script>';
echo 'var iframe = document.getElementById("myIframe");';
echo 'iframe.contentWindow.postMessage("Hello from PHP", "*");';
echo '</script>';

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iframe external website access manipulation limitations

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