ICST 2016 Development of A Content Grabbing using php curl to Read News Online Syahtriatna Djusar 1* , Zamzami 1 , Elvira Asril 1 , Jeffri Supriatna 2 1 Fakultas Ilmu Komputer, Universitas Lancang Kuning, Pekanbaru Riau, Indonesia 2 Swastika Universal, Pekanbaru Riau, Indonesia eet@unilak.ac.id, zamzami@unilak.ac.id, elvira@unilak.ac.id, jeffrisupriatna@gmail.com *Corresponding Author Received: 10 October 2016, Accepted: 4 November 2016 Published online: 14 February 2017 Abstract: News is a form of public demand for information. To access many sources of news, then the reader must be typed and open many sites. To facilitate the reader, we need a function cURL (Client URL) in a web application, which is able to scan the data from or to a server, without interaction from each user. The workings of this function is to open a web page, scan it, and printing again. The difference of this study with previous research, Grabbing Content Techniques is applied in this system, namely by taking content from other web then grabbing results stored in the database, this is done in order to keep it safe from editing content on the source content. In contrast, if the result of grabbing instantly displayed on the web without a database, if the content is deleted or edited by the source of the content, the content on the page we also erased or edited. Before the content displayed on web pages, first in the selection by admin, so that there are no errors in the content. In the end, will produce a news portal, which can access the latest news from multiple sources with a single site only. Keywords: cURL; Grabbing Content; Application; Read News; PHP. 1. Introduction Indispensable information needs, wherever and whenever. There is now available a variety of information provider's portal. Many news sites are providing news on the latest, but different news sources, of course depending news content. People who have a curiosity with the latest news, should get the news from various sources. To access many news sources, will make the news reader was complicated because they have typed and open many sites. To that made the news portal that can access the latest news from multiple sources with a single site only. It has been easier for readers to access the latest news.the study. The Structure a. How to develop the CURL functions to collect a news content using a database within a site, so the news content will be safe from news source site changes. b. This study is required to facilitate online news seekers, to get the news in one site collection. So the ease and save time newsreader c. To gather news into a website, use function CURL. Curl is a program script function that can scan data from or to a server without the interaction of each user. This script will open a web page, scan it, take it, and redisplay the contents of a web page on a site that had been prepared.