Freshmeat question

Hello, I am new to PHP scripting, but I have read some introdutory material, to know at least the basics of the basics. But my question here is not about the thing I read, that PHP is used for. I would like to know if I can use PHP to make scripts at home (not on my server, not for woprking inside a homepage). Example: I make PHP access a certain homepage, get the source, process it in a way I might fancy, or save it, etc., etc., ... Is that possible with PHP? What should I do then, can anyone give some headlines? I have seen this done with Perl. Would anyone recommend Perl instead PHP to do this? Or would it just depend on the scripting language you are used to? If someone would kindly do a "PHP X Perl" would be nice.(I think for all the list too :) Kind regards to all, -=-=-=-= =Dedeco- -=-=-=-= -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Meet Singles http://corp.mail.com/lavalife