Get something inside a tag with preg match all php

Question

I have this HTML:

<a href="somelink;ref=start" class="head-title">APRILIA Tuono V4 1100 Factory, 175 PS</a>

It is possible to get the text between: class="head-title"> and </a> in preg_match_all?

Your output should be `class="head-title"`? – Manav Oct 24 '20 at 14:23 — Manav, Oct 24 '20 at 14:23

trincot · Answer 1 · 2020-10-24T15:02:04.050

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You should not use regular expressions for parsing HTML, as it will very likely break when your HTML input gets more complicated.

Use the DOM parser that PHP provides:

function getNodeText($html, $classname) {
    $dom = new DomDocument();
    $dom->loadHTML($html);
    $finder = new DomXPath($dom);
    $nodes = $finder->query("//*[contains(concat(' ', normalize-space(@class), ' '), ' $classname ')]");
    return $nodes[0]->textContent;
}

$html = '<a href="somelink;ref=start" class="head-title">APRILIA Tuono V4 1100 Factory, 175 PS</a>';
$classname="head-title";
echo getNodeText($html, $classname); // APRILIA Tuono V4 1100 Factory, 175 PS

edited Oct 24 '20 at 15:02

answered Oct 24 '20 at 14:36

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I like to answer OP's questions using the tools and parameters that are asked for. – Drew Oct 24 '20 at 15:13
I like to avoid repeating wrong practices and point the Asker to best practices. We all differ. – trincot Oct 24 '20 at 15:19

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 24 '20 at 14:26

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Assuming you want to get the text APRILIA Tuono V4 1100 Factory, 175 PS from your example string above then this expression will work

^[^>]+>([^<]+)

https://regex101.com/r/Xnt0Ls/1

answered Oct 24 '20 at 14:26

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Get something inside a tag with preg match all php

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