You can try this, the whole script and demo in one file
$html ="<h1>Hi Sandeep!</h1>
<p>This is some e-mail content in html.
Even though it has whitespace and newlines, the e-mail converter
will handle it correctly.
<p>Even mismatched tags.</p>
<div>A div</div>
<div>Another div</div>
<div>A div<div>within a div</div></div>";
$Html2Text = new Html2Text();
$text = $Html2Text->convert($html);
echo '<pre>'; print_r($text); die();
class Html2Text {
/** @return array<string, bool | string> */
public static function defaultOptions(): array {
return [
'ignore_errors' => false,
'drop_links' => false,
'char_set' => 'auto'
];
}
/**
* Tries to convert the given HTML into a plain text format - best suited for
* e-mail display, etc.
*
* <p>In particular, it tries to maintain the following features:
* <ul>
* <li>Links are maintained, with the 'href' copied over
* <li>Information in the <head> is lost
* </ul>
*
* @param string $html the input HTML
* @param boolean|array<string, bool | string> $options if boolean, Ignore xml parsing errors, else ['ignore_errors' => false, 'drop_links' => false, 'char_set' => 'auto']
* @return string the HTML converted, as best as possible, to text
* @throws Html2TextException if the HTML could not be loaded as a {@link \DOMDocument}
*/
public static function convert(string $html, $options = []): string {
if ($options === false || $options === true) {
// Using old style (< 1.0) of passing in options
$options = ['ignore_errors' => $options];
}
$options = array_merge(static::defaultOptions(), $options);
// check all options are valid
foreach ($options as $key => $value) {
if (!in_array($key, array_keys(static::defaultOptions()))) {
throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Unknown html2text option '$key'. Valid options are " . implode(',', static::defaultOptions()));
}
}
$is_office_document = self::isOfficeDocument($html);
if ($is_office_document) {
// remove office namespace
$html = str_replace(["<o:p>", "</o:p>"], "", $html);
}
$html = self::fixNewlines($html);
// use mb_convert_encoding for legacy versions of php
if (PHP_MAJOR_VERSION * 10 + PHP_MINOR_VERSION < 81 && mb_detect_encoding($html, "UTF-8", true)) {
$html = mb_convert_encoding($html, "HTML-ENTITIES", "UTF-8");
}
$doc = self::getDocument($html, $options);
$output = self::iterateOverNode($doc, null, false, $is_office_document, $options);
// process output for whitespace/newlines
$output = self::processWhitespaceNewlines($output);
return $output;
}
/**
* Unify newlines; in particular, \r\n becomes \n, and
* then \r becomes \n. This means that all newlines (Unix, Windows, Mac)
* all become \ns.
*
* @param string $text text with any number of \r, \r\n and \n combinations
* @return string the fixed text
*/
public static function fixNewlines(string $text): string {
// replace \r\n to \n
$text = str_replace("\r\n", "\n", $text);
// remove \rs
$text = str_replace("\r", "\n", $text);
return $text;
}
/** @return array<string> */
public static function nbspCodes(): array {
return [
"\xc2\xa0",
"\u00a0",
];
}
/** @return array<string> */
public static function zwnjCodes(): array {
return [
"\xe2\x80\x8c",
"\u200c",
];
}
/**
* Remove leading or trailing spaces and excess empty lines from provided multiline text
*
* @param string $text multiline text any number of leading or trailing spaces or excess lines
* @return string the fixed text
*/
public static function processWhitespaceNewlines(string $text): string {
// remove excess spaces around tabs
$text = preg_replace("/ *\t */im", "\t", $text);
// remove leading whitespace
$text = ltrim($text);
// remove leading spaces on each line
$text = preg_replace("/\n[ \t]*/im", "\n", $text);
// convert non-breaking spaces to regular spaces to prevent output issues,
// do it here so they do NOT get removed with other leading spaces, as they
// are sometimes used for indentation
$text = self::renderText($text);
// remove trailing whitespace
$text = rtrim($text);
// remove trailing spaces on each line
$text = preg_replace("/[ \t]*\n/im", "\n", $text);
// unarmor pre blocks
$text = self::fixNewLines($text);
// remove unnecessary empty lines
$text = preg_replace("/\n\n\n*/im", "\n\n", $text);
return $text;
}
/**
* Can we guess that this HTML is generated by Microsoft Office?
*/
public static function isOfficeDocument(string $html): bool {
return strpos($html, "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office") !== false;
}
public static function isWhitespace(string $text): bool {
return strlen(trim(self::renderText($text), "\n\r\t ")) === 0;
}
/**
* Parse HTML into a DOMDocument
*
* @param string $html the input HTML
* @param array<string, bool | string> $options
* @return \DOMDocument the parsed document tree
*/
private static function getDocument(string $html, array $options): \DOMDocument {
$doc = new \DOMDocument();
$html = trim($html);
if (!$html) {
// DOMDocument doesn't support empty value and throws an error
// Return empty document instead
return $doc;
}
if ($html[0] !== '<') {
// If HTML does not begin with a tag, we put a body tag around it.
// If we do not do this, PHP will insert a paragraph tag around
// the first block of text for some reason which can mess up
// the newlines. See pre.html test for an example.
$html = '<body>' . $html . '</body>';
}
$header = '';
// use char sets for modern versions of php
if (PHP_MAJOR_VERSION * 10 + PHP_MINOR_VERSION >= 81) {
// use specified char_set, or auto detect if not set
$char_set = ! empty($options['char_set']) ? $options['char_set'] : 'auto';
if ('auto' === $char_set) {
$char_set = mb_detect_encoding($html);
} else if (strpos($char_set, ',')) {
mb_detect_order($char_set);
$char_set = mb_detect_encoding($html);
}
// turn off error detection for Windows-1252 legacy html
if (strpos($char_set, '1252')) {
$options['ignore_errors'] = true;
}
$header = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="' . $char_set . '">';
}
if (! empty($options['ignore_errors'])) {
$doc->strictErrorChecking = false;
$doc->recover = true;
$doc->xmlStandalone = true;
$old_internal_errors = libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
$load_result = $doc->loadHTML($header . $html, LIBXML_NOWARNING | LIBXML_NOERROR | LIBXML_NONET | LIBXML_PARSEHUGE);
libxml_use_internal_errors($old_internal_errors);
}
else {
$load_result = $doc->loadHTML($header . $html);
}
if (!$load_result) {
throw new Html2TextException("Could not load HTML - badly formed?", $html);
}
return $doc;
}
/**
* Replace any special characters with simple text versions, to prevent output issues:
* - Convert non-breaking spaces to regular spaces; and
* - Convert zero-width non-joiners to '' (nothing).
*
* This is to match our goal of rendering documents as they would be rendered
* by a browser.
*/
private static function renderText(string $text): string {
$text = str_replace(self::nbspCodes(), " ", $text);
$text = str_replace(self::zwnjCodes(), "", $text);
return $text;
}
private static function nextChildName(?\DOMNode $node): ?string {
// get the next child
$nextNode = $node->nextSibling;
while ($nextNode != null) {
if ($nextNode instanceof \DOMText) {
if (!self::isWhitespace($nextNode->wholeText)) {
break;
}
}
if ($nextNode instanceof \DOMElement) {
break;
}
$nextNode = $nextNode->nextSibling;
}
$nextName = null;
if (($nextNode instanceof \DOMElement || $nextNode instanceof \DOMText) && $nextNode != null) {
$nextName = strtolower($nextNode->nodeName);
}
return $nextName;
}
/** @param array<string, bool | string> $options */
private static function iterateOverNode(\DOMNode $node, ?string $prevName, bool $in_pre, bool $is_office_document, array $options): string {
if ($node instanceof \DOMText) {
// Replace whitespace characters with a space (equivilant to \s)
if ($in_pre) {
$text = "\n" . trim(self::renderText($node->wholeText), "\n\r\t ") . "\n";
// Remove trailing whitespace only
$text = preg_replace("/[ \t]*\n/im", "\n", $text);
// armor newlines with \r.
return str_replace("\n", "\r", $text);
}
$text = self::renderText($node->wholeText);
$text = preg_replace("/[\\t\\n\\f\\r ]+/im", " ", $text);
if (!self::isWhitespace($text) && ($prevName == 'p' || $prevName == 'div')) {
return "\n" . $text;
}
return $text;
}
if ($node instanceof \DOMDocumentType || $node instanceof \DOMProcessingInstruction) {
// ignore
return "";
}
$name = strtolower($node->nodeName);
$nextName = self::nextChildName($node);
// start whitespace
switch ($name) {
case "hr":
$prefix = '';
if ($prevName != null) {
$prefix = "\n";
}
return $prefix . "---------------------------------------------------------------\n";
case "style":
case "head":
case "title":
case "meta":
case "script":
// ignore these tags
return "";
case "h1":
case "h2":
case "h3":
case "h4":
case "h5":
case "h6":
case "ol":
case "ul":
case "pre":
// add two newlines
$output = "\n\n";
break;
case "td":
case "th":
// add tab char to separate table fields
$output = "\t";
break;
case "p":
// Microsoft exchange emails often include HTML which, when passed through
// html2text, results in lots of double line returns everywhere.
//
// To fix this, for any p element with a className of `MsoNormal` (the standard
// classname in any Microsoft export or outlook for a paragraph that behaves
// like a line return) we skip the first line returns and set the name to br.
// @phpstan-ignore-next-line
if ($is_office_document && $node->getAttribute('class') == 'MsoNormal') {
$output = "";
$name = 'br';
break;
}
// add two lines
$output = "\n\n";
break;
case "tr":
// add one line
$output = "\n";
break;
case "div":
$output = "";
if ($prevName !== null) {
// add one line
$output .= "\n";
}
break;
case "li":
$output = "- ";
break;
default:
// print out contents of unknown tags
$output = "";
break;
}
// debug
//$output .= "[$name,$nextName]";
if (isset($node->childNodes)) {
$n = $node->childNodes->item(0);
$previousSiblingNames = [];
$previousSiblingName = null;
$parts = [];
$trailing_whitespace = 0;
while ($n != null) {
$text = self::iterateOverNode($n, $previousSiblingName, $in_pre || $name == 'pre', $is_office_document, $options);
// Pass current node name to next child, as previousSibling does not appear to get populated
if ($n instanceof \DOMDocumentType
|| $n instanceof \DOMProcessingInstruction
|| ($n instanceof \DOMText && self::isWhitespace($text))) {
// Keep current previousSiblingName, these are invisible
$trailing_whitespace++;
}
else {
$previousSiblingName = strtolower($n->nodeName);
$previousSiblingNames[] = $previousSiblingName;
$trailing_whitespace = 0;
}
$node->removeChild($n);
$n = $node->childNodes->item(0);
$parts[] = $text;
}
// Remove trailing whitespace, important for the br check below
while ($trailing_whitespace-- > 0) {
array_pop($parts);
}
// suppress last br tag inside a node list if follows text
$last_name = array_pop($previousSiblingNames);
if ($last_name === 'br') {
$last_name = array_pop($previousSiblingNames);
if ($last_name === '#text') {
array_pop($parts);
}
}
$output .= implode('', $parts);
}
// end whitespace
switch ($name) {
case "h1":
case "h2":
case "h3":
case "h4":
case "h5":
case "h6":
case "pre":
case "p":
// add two lines
$output .= "\n\n";
break;
case "br":
// add one line
$output .= "\n";
break;
case "div":
break;
case "a":
// links are returned in [text](link) format
// @phpstan-ignore-next-line
$href = $node->getAttribute("href");
$output = trim($output);
// remove double [[ ]] s from linking images
if (substr($output, 0, 1) == "[" && substr($output, -1) == "]") {
$output = substr($output, 1, strlen($output) - 2);
// for linking images, the title of the <a> overrides the title of the <img>
// @phpstan-ignore-next-line
if ($node->getAttribute("title")) {
// @phpstan-ignore-next-line
$output = $node->getAttribute("title");
}
}
// if there is no link text, but a title attr
// @phpstan-ignore-next-line
if (!$output && $node->getAttribute("title")) {
// @phpstan-ignore-next-line
$output = $node->getAttribute("title");
}
if ($href == null) {
// it doesn't link anywhere
// @phpstan-ignore-next-line
if ($node->getAttribute("name") != null) {
if ($options['drop_links']) {
$output = "$output";
} else {
$output = "[$output]";
}
}
} else {
if ($href == $output || $href == "mailto:$output" || $href == "http://$output" || $href == "https://$output") {
// link to the same address: just use link
$output = "$output";
} else {
// replace it
if ($output) {
if ($options['drop_links']) {
$output = "$output";
} else {
$output = "[$output]($href)";
}
} else {
// empty string
$output = "$href";
}
}
}
// does the next node require additional whitespace?
switch ($nextName) {
case "h1": case "h2": case "h3": case "h4": case "h5": case "h6":
$output .= "\n";
break;
}
break;
case "img":
// @phpstan-ignore-next-line
if ($node->getAttribute("title")) {
// @phpstan-ignore-next-line
$output = "[" . $node->getAttribute("title") . "]";
// @phpstan-ignore-next-line
} elseif ($node->getAttribute("alt")) {
// @phpstan-ignore-next-line
$output = "[" . $node->getAttribute("alt") . "]";
} else {
$output = "";
}
break;
case "li":
$output .= "\n";
break;
case "blockquote":
// process quoted text for whitespace/newlines
$output = self::processWhitespaceNewlines($output);
// add leading newline
$output = "\n" . $output;
// prepend '> ' at the beginning of all lines
$output = preg_replace("/\n/im", "\n> ", $output);
// replace leading '> >' with '>>'
$output = preg_replace("/\n> >/im", "\n>>", $output);
// add another leading newline and trailing newlines
$output = "\n" . $output . "\n\n";
break;
default:
// do nothing
}
return $output;
}
}
