A Simple HTML DOM parser written in PHP let you manipulate HTML in a easy way with selectors just like CSS or jQuery.
This is modern version of Simple HTML DOM. You can install by using Composer and import to your project as a package.
- Parse and modify HTML document.
- Find tags (elements) on HTML with selectors just like jQuery.
- Extract contents from HTML in a single line.
- Export elements or a special node to a single file.
- Supports HTML document with invalid structure.
You can use Composer to install this package to your project by running following command:
composer require zenthangplus/html-dom-parserThe minimum PHP version requirement is 5.6. If you are using PHP < 5.6, please use the original version.
The following example is the simple usage of this package:
<?php
$dom = \HTMLDomParser\DomFactory::load('<div class="container"><div class="anchor"><a href="#">Test</a></div></div>');
$a = $dom->findOne('.container a');
echo $a->text();
// Output: TestDom is the root Node of the HTML document.
You can load DOM from string or file.
<?php
$dom = \HTMLDomParser\DomFactory::load('<div>Test</div>');<?php
$dom = \HTMLDomParser\DomFactory::loadFile('document.html');Node is simply an HTML element that described as an object.
You can also load any Node (similar to Dom):
<?php
$node = \HTMLDomParser\NodeFactory::load('<div><a href="#">Test</a></div>');<?php
$node = \HTMLDomParser\NodeFactory::loadFile('document.html');By using selectors like jQuery or CSS, you can traverse easy in the Dom or even in a Node.
Example:
<?php
$dom = \HTMLDomParser\DomFactory::loadFile('document.html');
$dom->find('div');
$dom->find('#container');
$dom->find('#container .content ul>li a.external-link');
$dom->find('#container .content ul>li a[data-id=link-1]');Similar to Dom, a Node also traversable:
<?php
$dom = \HTMLDomParser\DomFactory::loadFile('document.html');
$node = $dom->findOne('#container .content ul>li');
$anchorNode = $node->findOne('a.external-link');
// Even traverse in a separate Node
$node = \HTMLDomParser\NodeFactory::load('<ul class="list"><li>Item 1</li><li>Item 2</li></ul>');
$node->find('ul.list li');| Selector example | Description |
|---|---|
div |
Find elements with the div tag |
#container |
Find elements with the container id |
.wrapper |
Find elements with the wrapper class |
[data-id] |
Find elements with the data-id attribute |
[data-id=12] |
Find elements with the attribute data-id=12 |
a[data-id=12] |
Find anchor tags with the attribute data-id=12 |
*[class] |
Find all elements with class attribute |
a, img |
Find all anchors and images |
a[title], img[title] |
Find all anchors and images with the title attribute |
#container ul |
By using space between selectors, you can find nested elements |
#container>ul |
By using > between selectors, you can find the closest children |
#container, #side |
By using , between selectors, you can find elements by multiple selectors in one query |
#container div.content ul>li, #side div[role=main] ul li |
You can combine selectors in one query |
getElementById()Get a element by IDgetElementByTagName()Get a element by tag namegetElementsByTagName()Get elements by tag name
text()Get the text contentsgetAttributes()Get attributesgetAttribute()Get a attributehasAttribute()Check element has a attributehasChild()Check element has childinnerHtml()Get inner HTMLouterHtml()Get outer HTMLinnerXml()Get inner XML- Get node's HTML