What’s the best way to handle web scraping with PHP these days? or How can I improve my web scraping

If you’re doing web scraping php, ditch Simple HTML DOM. Try Symfony’s DomCrawler—way more efficient.

For JS, use a headless Chrome with PHP wrapper. Pain to set up but works.

Blocks? Rotate IPs (I use Storm Proxies) and vary your headers. Also, avoid scraping during peak hours.