I am just starting with the mentioned Parser and somehow running on problems directly with the beginning.
Referring to this tutorial:
I want now simply find in a sourcecode tne content of a div with a class ClearBoth Box
I retrieve the code with curl and create a simple html dom object:
$cl = curl_exec($curl);
$html = new simple_html_dom();
$html->load($cl);
Then I wanted to add the content of the div into an array called divs:
$divs = $html->find('div[.ClearBoth Box]');
But now, when I print_r the $divs, it gives much more, despite the fact that the sourcecode has not more inside the div.
Like this:
Array
(
[0] => simple_html_dom_node Object
(
[nodetype] => 1
[tag] => br
[attr] => Array
(
[class] => ClearBoth
)
[children] => Array
(
)
[nodes] => Array
(
)
[parent] => simple_html_dom_node Object
(
[nodetype] => 1
[tag] => div
[attr] => Array
(
[class] => SocialMedia
)
[children] => Array
(
[0] => simple_html_dom_node Object
(
[nodetype] => 1
[tag] => iframe
[attr] => Array
(
[id] => ShowFacebookButtons
[class] => SocialWeb FloatLeft
[src] => http://www.facebook.com/plugins/xxx
[style] => border:none; overflow:hidden; width: 250px; height: 70px;
)
[children] => Array
(
)
[nodes] => Array
(
)
I do not understand why the $divs has not simply the code from the div?
Here is an example of the source code at the site:
<div class="ClearBoth Box">
<div>
<i class="Icon SmallIcon ProductRatingEnabledIconSmall" title="gute peppige Qualität: Sehr empfehlenswert"></i>
<i class="Icon SmallIcon ProductRatingEnabledIconSmall" title="gute peppige Qualität: Sehr empfehlenswert"></i>
<i class="Icon SmallIcon ProductRatingEnabledIconSmall" title="gute peppige Qualität: Sehr empfehlenswert"></i>
<i class="Icon SmallIcon ProductRatingEnabledIconSmall" title="gute peppige Qualität: Sehr empfehlenswert"></i>
<i class="Icon SmallIcon ProductRatingEnabledIconSmall" title="gute peppige Qualität: Sehr empfehlenswert"></i>
<strong class="AlignMiddle LeftSmallPadding">gute peppige Qualität</strong> <span class="AlignMiddle">(17.03.2013)</span>
</div>
<div class="BottomMargin">
gute Verarbeitung, schönes Design,
</div>
</div>
What am I doing wrong?
The right code to get a div with class is:
$ret = $html->find('div.foo');
//OR
$ret = $html->find('div[class=foo]');
Basically you can get elements as you were using a CSS selector.
source: http://simplehtmldom.sourceforge.net/manual.htm
How to find HTML elements? section, tab Advanced