Convert C# Code to PHP Code to extract one xml tag from html

Question

i am currently trying to convert this code:

private static String CutOutXML(string resp)
{
        var url = resp.Substring(resp.IndexOf("<div>") + "<div>".Length);
        url = url.Substring(0, url.IndexOf("</div>"));
        return url;
}

to PHP, but this isn't working:

$startpos = strrpos($correcthtml, '<div>');
$correcthtml = substr($correcthtml, $startpos);
$stoppos = strrpos($correcthtml, '</div>');
$correcthtml = substr($correcthtml, $stoppos);

i am trying to curl a web url from the internet and i only need one xml tag out of it. I am now trying for so long and i dont come behind it how to do this.

Does this answer your question? PHP: Regular Expression to get a URL from a string — ba-a-aton
– ba-a-aton, Commented Jun 8, 2021 at 12:06
This can get very complicated quickly. What does $correcthtml contain? A full website? A single, simple XML string? — waterloomatt
– waterloomatt, Commented Jun 8, 2021 at 12:09
No a Full Website, but the html tags are set correctly and in C# this works — Flori00312
– Flori00312, Commented Jun 8, 2021 at 12:12
How is it "not working"? Unexpected result? No result? Error? — Fildor
– Fildor, Commented Jun 8, 2021 at 12:15
Mind that in the C# version you add the length of <div> to the position for first substring. — Fildor
– Fildor, Commented Jun 8, 2021 at 12:16

MikeT · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-08 12:39:46Z

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the translation of

private static String CutOutXML(string resp)
{
    var url = resp.Substring(resp.IndexOf("<div>") + "<div>".Length);
    url = url.Substring(0, url.IndexOf("</div>"));
    return url;
}

would be

function CutOutXML(string $resp):string
{
    $url = substr($resp,strrpos($resp,'<div>')+ strlen('<div>'));
    $url = substr($url,0, strrpos($url,"</div>"));
    return $url;
}

however as the other comments say there are much better ways of doing what you appear to be trying to do

eg

$matches = [];
preg_match('/<div>(.*)<\/div>/', $resp, $matches);
print_r($matches);

edited Jun 8, 2021 at 12:39

answered Jun 8, 2021 at 12:20

MikeT

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3 Comments

MikeT Over a year ago

php uses both ' and " to delimit string ' is for absolute string " for string that allow interpolation as neither string includes a $ then shouldn't make a difference

Fildor Over a year ago

Ok, thx. Was just wondering because one time ' , one time ". But alrighty then.

MikeT Over a year ago

in c# ' would be @"" and " would be $""

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