Parsing Javascript generated table with simple html dom

Question

I have a question. It is possible to parse Javascript generated html tables? Because I tried with simple html dom, and I got a blank page for result every time.

Here is the parsed website:

<html>
<head>

<script src="informations.php" type="text/javascript" language="javascript"></script>


</head>
<body>

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
<!--

// Draw table from 'jsData' array of objects
function drawTable(tbody) {
    var tr, td;
    tbody = document.getElementById(tbody);
    // loop through data source
    for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
        tr = tbody.insertRow(tbody.rows.length);
        tr.setAttribute("class", "f1");
        td = tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length);
        td.innerHTML = data[i][1];
        td = tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length);
        td.innerHTML = data[i][2];
td = tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length);
        td.setAttribute("align", "center");
        td.innerHTML = data[i][3];
        td = tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length);
        td.setAttribute("align", "center");
        td.innerHTML = data[i][4];
td = tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length);
        td.setAttribute("align", "center");
        td.innerHTML = data[i][5];

    }
}

//-->
</script>


<table>
<tr>
<td><h2>Informations</h2></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table class="sortable">
<thead>
<tr>
    <th>Name</th>
    <th>Information</th>
<th>Birthday</th>
<th>Postcode</th>
<th>Job</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="FData"></tbody>
</table>

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
drawTable("FData");
</script>
</body>
</html>

I have no problem with classic tables, but with js generated tables I got blank page for result everytime. What is the solution?

How are you sending the table back to PHP so it can parse it? — Barmar, May 26 '15 at 08:02
I try to parse with simple html dom, I set the url of this file, and I try to parse the td-s at simple html dom. — Terminus, May 26 '15 at 08:11
Javascript is run in the browser. If you just download the URL into PHP, it doesn't run Javascript, because PHP is not a browser. — Barmar, May 26 '15 at 08:13
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/199045/is-there-a-php-equivalent-of-perls-wwwmechanize — Barmar, May 26 '15 at 08:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 26 '15 at 08:07

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try this code in your JS function.

// Find a element with id="myTable":

var table = document.getElementById("myTable");

// Create an empty element and add it to the 1st position of the table:

var row = table.insertRow(0);

// Insert new cells ( elements) at the 1st and 2nd position of the "new" element:

var cell1 = row.insertCell(0); var cell2 = row.insertCell(1);

// Add some text to the new cells:

cell1.innerHTML = "NEW CELL1"; cell2.innerHTML = "NEW CELL2";

answered May 26 '15 at 08:07

Awaissoft

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I don't understand this. If I put this extra table before my table then my table will be able to parse? I see just your code will put an extra table before my table, not? – Terminus May 26 '15 at 08:18
please assign ID in your table tag. like this: ``
– Awaissoft May 27 '15 at 00:48

Parsing Javascript generated table with simple html dom

1 Answers1

try this code in your JS function.