Parse multiple tags in PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser at the same time

Question

I'm trying to save two different tags content in two different variable in the same "foreach" loop, but I get parse error in the following:

foreach( $days -> find('td[!width]') as $schedule) && ($days -> find('a') as $title ) {
        echo "<div class=\"movie_name\">"
        .$title->plaintext."</div> - <div class=\"movie_schedule\">"
        .$schedule->plaintext."</div>\n";
}

Any ideas on what could be wrong?

* Edit *

I solved the problem separating the loop in two separate ones, like this:

    $movie_titles = array();
    foreach($days -> find('a') as $title) {
        $movie_titles[] = $title->plaintext;
    }
    $counter = 0;
    foreach( $days -> find('td[!width]') as $schedule) {
        echo "<div class=\"movie_name\">"
        .$movie_titles[$counter]
        ."</div> - <div class=\"movie_schedule\">"
        .$schedule->plaintext."</div>\n";
        $counter = $counter + 1;
    }

Not very elegant, but it does the job.

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– PeeHaa, Commented Mar 7, 2016 at 11:22

ksimka · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-07 11:43:15Z

1

foreach doesn't work this way. Only

foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
    // ...
}

or

foreach ($array as $value) {
    // ...
}

You have to use two loops or totally different approach (depends on your task).

I.e.

foreach ($days->find('td[!width]') as $schedule) {
    foreach ($days->find('a') as $title) {
        echo "<div class=\"movie_name\">"
            . $title->plaintext."</div> - <div class=\"movie_schedule\">"
            . $schedule->plaintext."</div>\n";
    }
}

answered Mar 7, 2016 at 11:43

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Oiproks Over a year ago

Thanks for the suggestion, I already figured it out, and made two separate loops.

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