📜 Simple Html Dom Parser for PHP

DomParser API

find	findMulti	findMultiOrFalse	findOne
findOneOrFalse	fixHtmlOutput	getDocument	getElementByClass
getElementById	getElementByTagName	getElementsById	getElementsByTagName
html	innerHtml	innerXml	loadHtml
loadHtmlFile	save	set_callback	text
xml

SimpleHtmlDomNode (group of dom elements) API

count	find	findMulti	findMultiOrFalse
findOne	findOneOrFalse	innerHtml	innertext
outertext	text

SimpleHtmlDom (single dom element) API

childNodes	delete	find	findMulti
findMultiOrFalse	findOne	findOneOrFalse	firstChild
getAllAttributes	getAttribute	getElementByClass	getElementById
getElementByTagName	getElementsById	getElementsByTagName	getHtmlDomParser
getIterator	getNode	getTag	hasAttribute
html	innerHtml	innerXml	isRemoved
lastChild	nextNonWhitespaceSibling	nextSibling	parentNode
previousNonWhitespaceSibling	previousSibling	removeAttribute	removeAttributes
setAttribute	text	val

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find(string $selector, int|null $idx): mixed

↑ Find list of nodes with a CSS selector.

Parameters:

• string $selector
• int|null $idx

Return:

• mixed

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findMulti(string $selector): mixed

↑ Find nodes with a CSS selector.

Parameters:

• string $selector

Return:

• mixed

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findMultiOrFalse(string $selector): mixed

↑ Find nodes with a CSS selector or false, if no element is found.

Parameters:

• string $selector

Return:

• mixed

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findOne(string $selector): static

↑ Find one node with a CSS selector.

Parameters:

• string $selector

Return:

• static

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findOneOrFalse(string $selector): mixed

↑ Find one node with a CSS selector or false, if no element is found.

Parameters:

• string $selector

Return:

• mixed

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fixHtmlOutput(string $content, bool $multiDecodeNewHtmlEntity): string

↑

Parameters:

• string $content
• bool $multiDecodeNewHtmlEntity

Return:

• string

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getDocument(): DOMDocument

↑

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• \DOMDocument

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getElementByClass(string $class): mixed

↑ Return elements by ".class".

Parameters:

• string $class

Return:

• mixed

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getElementById(string $id): mixed

↑ Return element by #id.

Parameters:

• string $id

Return:

• mixed

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getElementByTagName(string $name): mixed

↑ Return element by tag name.

Parameters:

• string $name

Return:

• mixed

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getElementsById(string $id, int|null $idx): mixed

↑ Returns elements by "#id".

Parameters:

• string $id
• int|null $idx

Return:

• mixed

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getElementsByTagName(string $name, int|null $idx): mixed

↑ Returns elements by tag name.

Parameters:

• string $name
• int|null $idx

Return:

• mixed

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html(bool $multiDecodeNewHtmlEntity): string

↑ Get dom node's outer html.

Parameters:

• bool $multiDecodeNewHtmlEntity

Return:

• string

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innerHtml(bool $multiDecodeNewHtmlEntity): string

↑ Get dom node's inner html.

Parameters:

• bool $multiDecodeNewHtmlEntity

Return:

• string

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innerXml(bool $multiDecodeNewHtmlEntity): string

↑ Get dom node's inner xml.

Parameters:

• bool $multiDecodeNewHtmlEntity

Return:

• string

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loadHtml(string $html, int|null $libXMLExtraOptions): DomParserInterface

↑ Load HTML from string.

Parameters:

• string $html
• int|null $libXMLExtraOptions

Return:

• \DomParserInterface

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loadHtmlFile(string $filePath, int|null $libXMLExtraOptions): DomParserInterface

↑ Load HTML from file.

Parameters:

• string $filePath
• int|null $libXMLExtraOptions

Return:

• \DomParserInterface

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save(string $filepath): string

↑ Save the html-dom as string.

Parameters:

• string $filepath

Return:

• string

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set_callback(callable $functionName): mixed

↑

Parameters:

• callable $functionName

Return:

• mixed

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text(bool $multiDecodeNewHtmlEntity): string

↑ Get dom node's plain text.

Parameters:

• bool $multiDecodeNewHtmlEntity

Return:

• string

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xml(bool $multiDecodeNewHtmlEntity, bool $htmlToXml, bool $removeXmlHeader, int $options): string

↑ Get the HTML as XML or plain XML if needed.

Parameters:

• bool $multiDecodeNewHtmlEntity
• bool $htmlToXml
• bool $removeXmlHeader
• int $options

Return:

• string

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count(): int

↑ Get the number of items in this dom node.

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• int

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find(string $selector, int $idx): SimpleHtmlDomNode|\SimpleHtmlDomNode[]|null

↑ Find list of nodes with a CSS selector.

Parameters:

• string $selector
• int $idx

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomNode|\SimpleHtmlDomNode[]|null

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findMulti(string $selector): SimpleHtmlDomInterface[]|\SimpleHtmlDomNodeInterface<\SimpleHtmlDomInterface>

↑ Find nodes with a CSS selector.

Parameters:

• string $selector

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomInterface[]|\SimpleHtmlDomNodeInterface<\SimpleHtmlDomInterface>

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findMultiOrFalse(string $selector): false|\SimpleHtmlDomInterface[]|\SimpleHtmlDomNodeInterface<\SimpleHtmlDomInterface>

↑ Find nodes with a CSS selector or false, if no element is found.

Parameters:

• string $selector

Return:

• false|\SimpleHtmlDomInterface[]|\SimpleHtmlDomNodeInterface<\SimpleHtmlDomInterface>

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findOne(string $selector): SimpleHtmlDomNode|null

↑ Find one node with a CSS selector.

Parameters:

• string $selector

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomNode|null

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findOneOrFalse(string $selector): false|\SimpleHtmlDomNode

↑ Find one node with a CSS selector or false, if no element is found.

Parameters:

• string $selector

Return:

• false|\SimpleHtmlDomNode

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innerHtml(): string[]

↑ Get html of elements.

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• string[]

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innertext(): string[]

↑ alias for "$this->innerHtml()" (added for compatibly-reasons with v1.x)

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• string[]

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outertext(): string[]

↑ alias for "$this->innerHtml()" (added for compatibly-reasons with v1.x)

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• string[]

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text(): string[]

↑ Get plain text.

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• string[]

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childNodes(int $idx): SimpleHtmlDomInterface|\SimpleHtmlDomInterface[]|\SimpleHtmlDomNodeInterface|null

↑ Returns children of node.

Parameters:

• int $idx

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomInterface|\SimpleHtmlDomInterface[]|\SimpleHtmlDomNodeInterface|null

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delete(): mixed

↑ Delete

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• mixed

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find(string $selector, int|null $idx): SimpleHtmlDomInterface|\SimpleHtmlDomInterface[]|\SimpleHtmlDomNodeInterface<\SimpleHtmlDomInterface>

↑ Find list of nodes with a CSS selector.

Parameters:

• string $selector
• int|null $idx

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomInterface|\SimpleHtmlDomInterface[]|\SimpleHtmlDomNodeInterface<\SimpleHtmlDomInterface>

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findMulti(string $selector): SimpleHtmlDomInterface[]|\SimpleHtmlDomNodeInterface<\SimpleHtmlDomInterface>

↑ Find nodes with a CSS selector.

Parameters:

• string $selector

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomInterface[]|\SimpleHtmlDomNodeInterface<\SimpleHtmlDomInterface>

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findMultiOrFalse(string $selector): false|\SimpleHtmlDomInterface[]|\SimpleHtmlDomNodeInterface<\SimpleHtmlDomInterface>

↑ Find nodes with a CSS selector or false, if no element is found.

Parameters:

• string $selector

Return:

• false|\SimpleHtmlDomInterface[]|\SimpleHtmlDomNodeInterface<\SimpleHtmlDomInterface>

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findOne(string $selector): SimpleHtmlDomInterface

↑ Find one node with a CSS selector.

Parameters:

• string $selector

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomInterface

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findOneOrFalse(string $selector): false|\SimpleHtmlDomInterface

↑ Find one node with a CSS selector or false, if no element is found.

Parameters:

• string $selector

Return:

• false|\SimpleHtmlDomInterface

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firstChild(): SimpleHtmlDomInterface|null

↑ Returns the first child of node.

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomInterface|null

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getAllAttributes(): string[]|null

↑ Returns an array of attributes.

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• string[]|null

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getAttribute(string $name): string

↑ Return attribute value.

Parameters:

• string $name

Return:

• string

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getElementByClass(string $class): SimpleHtmlDomInterface[]|\SimpleHtmlDomNodeInterface<\SimpleHtmlDomInterface>

↑ Return elements by ".class".

Parameters:

• string $class

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomInterface[]|\SimpleHtmlDomNodeInterface<\SimpleHtmlDomInterface>

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getElementById(string $id): SimpleHtmlDomInterface

↑ Return element by "#id".

Parameters:

• string $id

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomInterface

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getElementByTagName(string $name): SimpleHtmlDomInterface

↑ Return element by tag name.

Parameters:

• string $name

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomInterface

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getElementsById(string $id, int|null $idx): SimpleHtmlDomInterface|\SimpleHtmlDomInterface[]|\SimpleHtmlDomNodeInterface<\SimpleHtmlDomInterface>

↑ Returns elements by "#id".

Parameters:

• string $id
• int|null $idx

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomInterface|\SimpleHtmlDomInterface[]|\SimpleHtmlDomNodeInterface<\SimpleHtmlDomInterface>

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getElementsByTagName(string $name, int|null $idx): SimpleHtmlDomInterface|\SimpleHtmlDomInterface[]|\SimpleHtmlDomNodeInterface<\SimpleHtmlDomInterface>

↑ Returns elements by tag name.

Parameters:

• string $name
• int|null $idx

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomInterface|\SimpleHtmlDomInterface[]|\SimpleHtmlDomNodeInterface<\SimpleHtmlDomInterface>

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getHtmlDomParser(): HtmlDomParser

↑ Create a new "HtmlDomParser"-object from the current context.

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• \HtmlDomParser

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getIterator(): SimpleHtmlDomNodeInterface<\SimpleHtmlDomInterface>

↑ Retrieve an external iterator.

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• `\SimpleHtmlDomNodeInterface<\SimpleHtmlDomInterface>

  An instance of an object implementing Iterator or Traversable

`

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getNode(): DOMNode

↑

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• \DOMNode

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getTag(): string

↑ Return the tag of node

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• string

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hasAttribute(string $name): bool

↑ Determine if an attribute exists on the element.

Parameters:

• string $name

Return:

• bool

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html(bool $multiDecodeNewHtmlEntity): string

↑ Get dom node's outer html.

Parameters:

• bool $multiDecodeNewHtmlEntity

Return:

• string

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innerHtml(bool $multiDecodeNewHtmlEntity): string

↑ Get dom node's inner html.

Parameters:

• bool $multiDecodeNewHtmlEntity

Return:

• string

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innerXml(bool $multiDecodeNewHtmlEntity): string

↑ Get dom node's inner html.

Parameters:

• bool $multiDecodeNewHtmlEntity

Return:

• string

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isRemoved(): bool

↑ Nodes can get partially destroyed in which they're still an actual DOM node (such as \DOMElement) but almost their entire body is gone, including the nodeType attribute.

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• bool true if node has been destroyed

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lastChild(): SimpleHtmlDomInterface|null

↑ Returns the last child of node.

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomInterface|null

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nextNonWhitespaceSibling(): SimpleHtmlDomInterface|null

↑ Returns the next sibling of node, and it will ignore whitespace elements.

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomInterface|null

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nextSibling(): SimpleHtmlDomInterface|null

↑ Returns the next sibling of node.

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomInterface|null

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parentNode(): SimpleHtmlDomInterface

↑ Returns the parent of node.

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomInterface

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previousNonWhitespaceSibling(): SimpleHtmlDomInterface|null

↑ Returns the previous sibling of node, and it will ignore whitespace elements.

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomInterface|null

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previousSibling(): SimpleHtmlDomInterface|null

↑ Returns the previous sibling of node.

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomInterface|null

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removeAttribute(string $name): SimpleHtmlDomInterface

↑ Remove attribute.

Parameters:

• string $name <p>The name of the html-attribute.</p>

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomInterface

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removeAttributes(): SimpleHtmlDomInterface

↑ Remove all attributes

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomInterface

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setAttribute(string $name, string|null $value, bool $strictEmptyValueCheck): SimpleHtmlDomInterface

↑ Set attribute value.

Parameters:

• string $name <p>The name of the html-attribute.</p>
• string|null $value <p>Set to NULL or empty string, to remove the attribute.</p>
• `bool $strictEmptyValueCheck
  $value must be NULL, to remove the attribute, so that you can set an empty string as attribute-value e.g. autofocus=""

`

Return:

• \SimpleHtmlDomInterface

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text(): string

↑ Get dom node's plain text.

Parameters: nothing

Return:

• string

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val(string|string[]|null $value): string|string[]|null

↑

Parameters:

• `string|string[]|null $value

  null === get the current input value text === set a new input value

`

Return:

• string|string[]|null

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