Net status and free memory on freebsd

Hey all, I'm working on porting a php app to freebsd. However, there is a problem. ;) in linux you can parse /proc/net/dev for all network statistics and make a call to free for available memory. How could you do the same thing in freebsd? I have looked at "netstat -b -p ip -I ed0" but that outputs a huge page and you have to grep for a line just to get close. This means for each bit of info you have to make multiple calls or store the entire return which is a pain in the but. I can't believe that freebsd wouldn't offer a better solution to this. what were they thinking? any help greatly appreciated, chuck