PHP echoing an Array and splitting it up

Question

I'm currently getting dates from a web page by using the following

foreach($returned_content->find('div.box-inset') as $article) {
    $item['dates'] = $article->find('div.important-dates', 0)->plaintext;
    $articles[] = $item;
}

var_dump($articles);

Which will output the following

array(2) { [0]=> array(1) { ["dates"]=> string(235) " Important Dates Expires On October 28, 2013 Registered On October 29, 2012 Updated On October 29, 2012 " } [1]=> array(1) { ["dates"]=> NULL } }

I would ideally like to get the results to lay out as listed like so

Important Dates
Expires On October 28, 2013
Registered On October 29, 2012
Updated On October 29, 2012

But I am lost with getting the content to echo correctly as echo $articles just produces Array and I have never had such an Array before like this one

I was very happy to see that you are using a parser to process HTML (rather than a regex, which many people seem to think is acceptable)... but then I find you're having trouble with trivial array access and simple string manipulation... It seems a bit of an oxymoron ;) — Niet the Dark Absol
– Niet the Dark Absol, Commented Nov 2, 2013 at 13:09

Attila · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-02 13:09:19Z

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try:

echo $articles[0]["dates"];

answered Nov 2, 2013 at 13:09

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Arun Killu · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-02 13:18:10Z

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foreach($returned_content->find('div.box-inset') as $article) {
    $item['dates'] = $article->find('div.important-dates', 0)->plaintext;
    $articles[] = $item['dates'];
}

you cannot use echo to output array

foreach($articles as $strarticle)
{
 echo $strarticle;
}

edited Nov 2, 2013 at 13:18

answered Nov 2, 2013 at 13:10

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