Simple_html_dom (1)

Create DOM from URL or file
$html = file_get_html(' http://www.google.com/');

Find All Images
foreach ($html,find(' img ') as $element)
echo $element-src . ' <br> ';

Find All Links
foreach ($html,find(' a ') as $element)
echo $element-href . ' <br> ';

// Create DOM from string

$html = str_get_html(' <div id= ' hello ' >hello</div><div id= ' world ' >World</div> ‘);

$html,find(' div ', 1),class = ' bar ';

$html,find(' Div[id=hello] ', 0),innertext = ' foo ';

Echo $html; //Output: <div id= "Hello" >foo</div><div id= "World" class= "bar">world </div>

Dump contents (without tags) from HTML

echo file_get_html(' http://www.google.com/'),plaintext;

Create DOM from URL
$html =file_get_html( ' http://slashdot.org/');

//Find all article blocks
foreach ($html- Find ( ' div.article ') as $article) {
     $item [ ' title ']     = $article-> Find (0)-> plaintext ;
     $item [ find ( ' Div.intro ',  0)-> plaintext ;
     $item [ ' details '] = $article-> Find ( ' Div.details ',  0)-> plaintext ;
     $articles [] = $item;
}

Print_r ($articles);

How to create HTML DOM object?

Create a DOM object
$html = new simple_html_dom();

Load HTML from a string
$html-load('
Load HTML from a URL
$html-load_file(' http://www.google.com/');

Load HTML from a HTML file
$html-load_file(' test.htm ');

How to find HTML elements?

Find AllAnchors, returns aArrayof Element objects
$ret = $html->find (‘a‘);

Find(N) thAnchor, returns element Object orNULLIf not found $ret = $html->find ( a ',   0 );

//find  lastest   anchor , returns element Object or  null  if not found  (zero based)
$ret = $html Find ( ' a ',   -1 );  

// Find all  <div>  with the  ID  attribute
$ret = $html- >find ( ' Div[id] ');

//Find all  <div>  which attribute  Id=foo
$ret = $html->find ( ' Div[id=foo] ');

//Find all element which  ID =foo
$ret = $ Html->find ( #foo ');

//Find all element which  class =foo
$ret = $html->find ( ' . Foo ');

//Find all element have attribute  id
$ret = $html->find ( Span class= "var" > ' *[id] ');  

//Find all  anchors  and  images  
$ret = $html->find ( ' A, img ');  

//Find all  anchors  and  Images  with the "title" attribute
$ret = $html->find ( ' A[title], img[ Title] ');

//Find all <li> in <ul> 
$es = $html->find ( ul Li ');

//Find Nested <div> tags
$es = $html->find ( Span class= "var", " div div div ');  

//Find all <td> in < table> which class= "Hello"  
$es = $html->find ( Table.hello TD ');

//Find all TD tags with attribite align=center in table tags 
$es = $html->find ( " table  td[align=center] ');

//Find all <li> in <ul> 
foreach ($html->find ( ul ') as $ul)  
{
       foreach ($ul- >find ( ' Li ') as $li)  
       {
             //do Something ...
      }
}

//Find first <li> in first <ul> 
$e = $html->find ( ' ul ',   0 )->find ( ' Li ',   0 );

Find All text blocks
$es = $html->find ('text');

Find All COMMENT (<!--...-->) blocks
$es = $html->find ('comment');

Supports These operators in attribute selectors:

Filter	Description
[Attribute]	Matches elements that has the specified attribute.
[!attribute]	Matches elements that don ' t has the specified attribute.
[Attribute=value]	Matches elements that has the specified attribute with a certain value.
[Attribute!=value]	Matches elements that don ' t has the specified attribute with a certain value.
[Attribute^=value]	Matches elements that has the specified attribute and it starts with a certain value.
[Attribute$=value]	Matches elements that has the specified attribute and it ends with a certain value.
[Attribute*=value]	Matches elements that has the specified attribute and it contains a certain value

Simple_html_dom (1)