How to parse HTML with nested tags using Simple DOM Parser?

Question

I have a HTML file that I'm trying to parse. It has a bunch of DIVs like this:

<div class="doc-overview">
<h2>Description</h2>
<div id="doc-description-container" class="" style="max-height: 605px;">
<div class="doc-description toggle-overflow-contents" data-collapsed-height="200">
<div id="doc-original-text">
Content of the div without paragraph tags.
<p>Content from the first paragraph </p>
<p>Content from the second paragraph</p>
<p>Content from the third paragraph</p>

</div>
</div>
<div class="doc-description-overflow"></div>
</div>

I tried this:

foreach($html->find('div[id=doc-original-text]') as $div) {         
                echo $div->innertext;
            }

You notice that I directly find the doc-original-text but I also tried to parse from outer divs to inner divs.

Can you add the info like how do you want the output to be displayed? Just a sample? — Praveen Kumar Purushothaman
– Praveen Kumar Purushothaman, Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 10:44
i didn't understand, what are you wanting to get ? and what are you getting for the moment ? — John Smith
– John Smith, Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 10:47
just want to get all content within doc-original-text div... — silent_coder14
– silent_coder14, Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 10:47
The id attibute should be unique in the HTML document. Therefore the for loop does not make any sense. — Ed Heal
– Ed Heal, Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 10:48
@EdHeal : I can have more div with same class attribute , so for loop is needed in that case to iterate thru those elements. — Makesh
– Makesh, Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 10:56

user2267099 · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-08 11:18:10Z

1

Try This,

foreach($html->find('div#doc-original-text') as $div) {         
            echo $div->innertext;
        }

answered Jul 8, 2014 at 11:18

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