How do I select leaf nodes in PHP DomDocument

Asked Jul 15 '13 at 04:56

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Assume the following

<a>
    <b></b>
    <c></c>
    <d>
        <e></e>
        <f></f>
    </d>
    <g>
        <h>
            <i></i>
        </h>
    </g>
</a>

Now, using XPATH in PHP, what is a generic query that will select leaf nodes. In the example above, the result would be nodes b, c, e, f, and i.

Please note that the xpath query should be generic because I do not have any control over what the input html is, all I need is select the leaf nodes as explained in the above example.

If xpath does not work, what is an alternative solution?

Thanks.

asked Jul 15 '13 at 04:56

Greeso

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@bansi Dear God, you may be right! Damn, I cannot thank you enough. I will check out the answer overthere. Thanks again. – Greeso Jul 15 '13 at 05:01
Thanks. I even voted to close it myself. – Greeso Jul 15 '13 at 05:15
nice to hear it helped. – bansi Jul 15 '13 at 05:18

How do I select leaf nodes in PHP DomDocument

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