I want to get inner HTML of a website using PHP, is it possible?
I only know about file_get_contents($URL) method for getting the source.
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Tom Walters
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What do you mean by `innerHTML` what is different from the source? – PeeHaa Feb 08 '13 at 23:02
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@PeeHaa I just want texts , that user sees when page loads :) – Johan Marshall Feb 08 '13 at 23:08
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So you _don't_ want the innerHTML? You want just the user-visible text? – Matt Ball Feb 08 '13 at 23:22
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innerHTML is a method that is generally used for getting the HTML inside an HTML tag. If you want the entire webpage, then file_get_contents() will work. What specifically are you lookign for? – Forhad Ahmed Feb 08 '13 at 23:02
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Presumably something that executes JavaScript as well. – Matt Ball Feb 08 '13 at 23:02
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I just want texts , that user sees when page loads :) – Johan Marshall Feb 08 '13 at 23:05
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No @MattBall , i dont get why you linked with that PHP Headless Browser xD – Johan Marshall Feb 08 '13 at 23:15
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You can use Simple HTML Dom to traverse and parse well-formed HTML:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/simplehtmldom/
For example:
<?php
include_once('simple_html_dom.php');
$html = file_get_html('http://target.page.com');
// Output the contents of <div id="target-id">
$content = $html->find('div#target-id');
echo $content[0]->plaintext;
// Output the entire page as plaintext
echo $html->plaintext;
?>
Documentation can be found here:
lwitzel
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It is giving errors :/ Does it works for site with not same domain ? – Johan Marshall Feb 08 '13 at 23:14
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What errors are you getting? Yes, this will work for a site on a different domain. – lwitzel Feb 08 '13 at 23:26