Using Simple HTML DOM to get specific plain text

Question

Problem:

Trying to extract specific text from HTML code that is available to me through PHP.

HTML code:

<a href="/debatt/s-vill-ha-tioarig-skolplikt-och-farre-elever-i-klassen">
    <span class="number">2. </span>Skolplikt och färre elever i klassen
    <br />
    <span class="metadata">I går</span>
</a>

<a href="/sthlm/edholm-backar-om-skolornas-smorforbud">
    <span class="number">3. </span>Edholm backar om skolornas smörförbud
    <br />
    <span class="metadata">16 okt</span>
</a>

Desired output:

2. Skolplikt och färre elever i klassen
3. Edholm backar om skolornas smörförbud

Both code examples have the same HTML structure. Is it possible through Simple HTML DOM to do this or should regular expressions be pursued?

Simple HTML DOm can do this, you can find readymade class (simplehtmldom) in the net to parse HTML and get desired texts from the DOM — WatsMyName, Oct 18 '12 at 08:59

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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Add the HTML into a DOMElement object. With it you can select children and extract their HTML/text into variables.

Docs: http://php.net/manual/en/class.domelement.php

Same answer as https://stackoverflow.com/a/12950525/711129

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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answered Oct 18 '12 at 09:00

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WatsMyName · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-18T09:13:12.023

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If you have to frequently do this, you can use a very handy and easy class for parsing html dom.

http://simplehtmldom.sourceforge.net/

edited Oct 18 '12 at 09:13

answered Oct 18 '12 at 09:07

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Using Simple HTML DOM to get specific plain text

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