Parse HTML with PHP DOM - Class contains text

Question

I have a set of html items which are to be parsed. I need to parse the contents of a div whose class name ends with 'uid-g-uid'. Below are the sample divs...

<div class="uid-g-uid">1121</div>

<div class="yskisghuid-g-uid">14234</div>

<div class="kif893jduid-g-uid">114235</div>

I have tried the below combinations but didnt work

$doc = new DOMDocument();
$bdy = 'HTML Content goes here...';
@$doc->loadHTML($bdy);
$xpath = new DomXpath($doc);
$div = $xpath->query('//*[@class=ends-with(., "uid-g-uid")]');

and also tried

$doc = new DOMDocument();
$bdy = 'HTML Content goes here...';
@$doc->loadHTML($bdy);
$xpath = new DomXpath($doc);
$div = $xpath->query('//*[@class="*uid-g-uid"]');

Please help!

Try //*[ends-with(@class,'uid-g-uid')]

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– str

2013-04-09 12:18:07 +00:00
Commented Apr 9, 2013 at 12:18 — str
– str, Commented Apr 9, 2013 at 12:18

Damien Legros · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-09 12:50:34Z

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ends-with() requires Xpath 2.0 so it won't work with DOMXPath which is Xpath 1.0. Something like this should work though:

$xpath->query('//*["uid-g-uid" = substring(@class, string-length(@class) - 8)]');

edited Apr 9, 2013 at 12:50

answered Apr 9, 2013 at 12:29

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Guns Over a year ago

here is the sample div that it didnt parse correctly... <div id="yiv744740354uid-g-uid" style="">2201</div>

Damien Legros Over a year ago

there is no class attribute in that div

M8R-1jmw5r · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-09 12:49:28Z

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You want to do an XPath 1.0 query that checks for a string that ends with a certain string. The ends-with() string function is not available in that version.

I can see multiple ways to do this. As in your case the substring always is in there only once and if then at the end you can just use contains():

//*[contains(@class, "uid-g-uid")]

If the substring could be also at some other place in there and you dislike it, then check if it is at the end:

//*[contains(@class, "uid-g-uid") and substring-after(@class, "uid-g-uid") = ""]

If it could be even in there multiple times, then this won't work neither. In that case you can just check if the string ends wiht it:

//@class[substring(., string-length(.) - 8, 9) = "uid-g-uid"]/..

Which is probably the most straight-forward variant even, or, as the third argument of substring() is optional to compare until the end:

//@class[substring(., string-length(.) - 8) = "uid-g-uid"]/..

answered Apr 9, 2013 at 12:49

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Henrik Petterson Over a year ago

This is the actually quality answer.

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-09 12:54:18Z

Since you're looking for a XPath function that is not available in XPath 1.0, I think you can go with DOMXPath::registerPhpFunctions feature provided by PHP to call any PHP function for your XPath query. With that you can even call preg_match function like this:

$html = <<< EOF
<div class="uid-g-uid">1121</div>
<div class="yskisghuid-g-uid">14234</div>
<div class="kif893jduid-g-uid">114235</div>
EOF;
$doc = new DOMDocument();
libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
$doc->loadHTML($html); // loads your html
$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);

// Register the php: namespace (required)
$xpath->registerNamespace("php", "http://php.net/xpath");

// Register PHP preg_match function
$xpath->registerPHPFunctions('preg_match');

// call PHP preg_match function on your xpath to make sure class ends
// with the string "uid-g-uid" using regex "/uid-g-uid$/"
$nlist = $xpath->evaluate('//div[php:functionString("preg_match",
                           "/uid-g-uid$/", @class) = 1]/text()');

$numnodes = $nlist->length; // no of divs matched
for($i=0; $i < $numnodes; $i++) { // run the loop on matched divs
   $node = $nlist->item($i);
   echo "val: " . $node->nodeValue . "\n";
}

Raheel Hasan · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-09 12:46:31Z

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try this:

#/ First regex and replace your class with findable flag
$bdy = preg_replace('/class=\".*?uid-g-uid\"/ims', 'class="__FINDME__"', $bdy);

#/ Now find the new flag name instead
$dom = new DOMDocument();
@$dom->loadHTML($bdy);
$xpath = new DOMXPath($dom);

$divs = $xpath->evaluate("//div[@class = '__FINDME__']");
var_dump($divs->length); die(); //check if length is >=1. else we have issue.

for($j=0; $j<$divs->length; $j++)
{
    $div = $divs->item($j);
    $div_value = $div->nodeValue;
    .  
    .  
    .  
}

edited Apr 9, 2013 at 12:46

answered Apr 9, 2013 at 12:17

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Guns Over a year ago

I am getting an error DOMXPath::evaluate(): xmlXPathCompOpEval: function ends-with not found

Raheel Hasan Over a year ago

This is the basic scheme how you will exactly get it. You just need to now get the right class search in it.

Raheel Hasan Over a year ago

Check the updated version. I have done it with a small regex trick

Raheel Hasan Over a year ago

now who would have __FINDME__ as the class !! and if they do, change it to ____FINDME____ (or something more complex) !

Guns Over a year ago

@RaheelHasan That is very true! and infact, FINDME itself is complex and could not be a class at any point of time and a good HTML programmer would not make a mistake of using such classes anyways!!

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