PHP convert string to html and parse the html file

Question

I would like to parse an HTML file in order to extract some information.

My code is:

$url = 'http://localhost/myFiles/';
$response = file_get_contents($url);

$html = new simple_html_dom();
$html->load_file($response);
if (!empty($html)) {
    foreach($html->find('tr td a') as $a) {
        echo $a->href.", ";
    }
}

As I can see, $response is a string and not an html file. That's why I get error message: Call to a member function find() on a non-object.

Try using json_decode($response, true); It should create a json array of your string. — A3mercury
– A3mercury, Commented Jun 9, 2015 at 14:21
"It's a string" – Well yes, HTML is a string. What does that string contain?! — deceze
– deceze ♦, Commented Jun 9, 2015 at 14:35

Bellash · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-10 14:55:26Z

1

You can choose to load htmls instead of contents as follows

   $url = 'http://localhost/myFiles/';

   $html = file_get_html($url);
   foreach($html->find('tr td a') as $a) {
      echo $a->href.", ";
    }

answered Jun 10, 2015 at 14:55

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