Why PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser won't find an element?

Question

I'm using PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser with following code snippet:

<?php
include_once('../simple_html_dom.php');

$html = file_get_html('http://old.wowhead.com/npc=8404');

if ( $html->find('div.pin'))
echo 'Found';

?>

But it simply does not find

'<div class="pin" style="left: 17.7%; top: 60.8%; "><a href="javascript:;"     style="cursor: default; "></a></div>'

element on this html page: http://old.wowhead.com/npc=8404

Danil Speransky · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-29 16:02:27Z

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I think div elements with class pin appears by JavaScript, so when you just download static html file there is no such elements.

answered Jul 29, 2012 at 16:02

Danil Speransky

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Álvaro González Over a year ago

Correct. If you disable JavaScript, the page displays nothing else than a warning: This site makes extensive use of JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser.

Deda Spale Over a year ago

Is there any way I could parse this then, if its shown by JavaScript?

Shivam Shah · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-29 15:58:07Z

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i opened the link you gave and there is no div with a class of 'pin'. You have to give the method a valid element object.

try changing the selector to say

$html->find('div.pad1');

it works...in my case

answered Jul 29, 2012 at 15:58

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Shivam Shah Over a year ago

anything, the element you are finding in the code is not in the dom. and also make it pad2 to see it work $html->find('div.pad2');

Duc Tran Over a year ago

In my situation I user $html->find('div.pad2'); instead of $html->find('div .pad2'); so I got rid of the error. The space in between is very important to note

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