Find div with class using PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser

Question

I am just starting with the mentioned Parser and somehow running on problems directly with the beginning.

Referring to this tutorial:

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/html-parsing-and-screen-scraping-with-the-simple-html-dom-library/

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?

tampe125 · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-02 09:57:07Z

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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

answered Apr 2, 2013 at 9:57

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4 Comments

Owl Over a year ago

Thank you so much! Now I am a little step further! In my case, because the class name is in two parts "ClearBoth Box" I have to use: div[class=ClearBoth Box] because div.ClearBoth Box searches a element Box after the div, and only div.ClearBoth return more matches than I need.

amitchhajer Over a year ago

what if my div has no class name? I want all the divs on the page?

Kevin Gagnon Over a year ago

@amitchhajer You either find an element with a unique ID higher or lower to your div in question and then more with the child, parent methods or you print the outertext of where your are (dom object) and count how many divs there are before the one you need and access it via it's number. 4th div = dom->find('div',3);

NomanJaved Over a year ago

how can I print the HTML how can I do this?

Mohit · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-20 14:46:20Z

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$html = new simple_html_dom();   
$html->load($output); 
$items = $html->find('div.youclassname',0)->children(1)->outertext; 
print_r($items);

answered May 20, 2013 at 14:46

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MaartenDev · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-27 16:15:36Z

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The to find the following elements: DIV -> class(product-inner clearfix) -> class(price) the following XPath can be used:

foreach($html->find('div[class=product-inner  clearfix]') as $element){
        $itemPrice = $element->find('.price',0)->plaintext;
        echo $itemPrice;
    }

edited Sep 27, 2019 at 16:15

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answered Sep 27, 2019 at 6:58

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