The latest articles on DEV Community by Wert1209yt (@wertphp). https://dev.to/wertphp https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3779780%2F86169793-dee0-4cce-8218-1eba87a17822.png https://dev.to/wertphp en Wert1209yt Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:01:30 +0000 https://dev.to/wertphp/autonomous-browser-driver-written-in-php-44ko https://dev.to/wertphp/autonomous-browser-driver-written-in-php-44ko <h2> <em>Browser control via PHP</em> </h2> <h3> I created a browser management framework in PHP! </h3> <p>I was inspired by Selenium from Python, but there was a problem: it required the built-in Chromedriver, and as we know, Python isn't exactly known for its speed!<br> I decided to write a Selenium "killer" in PHP, but wait, how can I do it without Chromedriver?<br> Easy! Just use the CDP protocol used by Chrome/Chromium, and we'll manage the page via JS (it's simple and doesn't limit the possibilities as it might seem).<br> For the implementation, I'm using Swoole for various code snippets and using pure PHP. It provides a good combination of both, and I can start coding...<br> I've finally done it! The project is now available on GitHub and Composer!<br> You can visit the project page below.<br> <code>composer require wert1209yt/php-autonomous-browser</code></p> <p><a href="https://github.com/Wert1209yt/php-autonomous-browser" rel="noopener noreferrer">PHP autonomous browser</a></p> <blockquote> <p>Project in active development, and you contribute!</p> </blockquote> programming opensource github php