Replace td cell text with new html value

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I'm trying to replace all td cells text to include link tag. Currently with the code below, the cells are being replaced but when I output the table, it literally just output the html code like so:

<a href="sdf" class="link">Some text</a>

Instead of a real physical HTML link. How do I actually replace a nodeValue with HTML tags? Thanks.

$DOM = new DOMDocument( );
@$DOM->loadHTML( $htmlTable );
$DOMXPath = new DOMXPath( $DOM );

$cellName = $DOMXPath->query('//td[contains(@class,"classA")]');

foreach( $cellName as $text ) {
    $text->nodeValue = '<a href="sdf" class="link">' . htmlspecialchars( trim( $text->nodeValue ) ) . '</a>';
}

Try foreach( $cellName as &$text ) { and tell if it worked — Voitcus
– Voitcus, Commented Jun 5, 2013 at 6:53
Possible duplicate of stackoverflow.com/questions/7857595/… — Filippos Karapetis
– Filippos Karapetis, Commented Jun 5, 2013 at 6:58
Thanks, but doesn't work (iterator cannot be use for foreach by refence). — Yuan Fen
– Yuan Fen, Commented Jun 5, 2013 at 6:59
Not a duplicate issue though. Can't find a workaround with this anywhere — Yuan Fen
– Yuan Fen, Commented Jun 5, 2013 at 7:02

Yuan Fen · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-05 07:22:50Z

1

Finally got it to work. In case it helps anyone. In order to change a text node with HTML inside a td value, use the following:

$partial = $DOM->createDocumentFragment();
$partial->appendXML('<a href="sdf" class="link">some text</a>');
$text->parentNode->replaceChild($partial, $text );

answered Jun 5, 2013 at 7:22

Yuan Fen

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