PHP: Simple HTML DOM Parser - how to get the element which has certain tag name?

Question

In PHP I'm using the Simple HTML DOM Parser class.

I have a HTML file which has multiple and diferents tags.

In this HTML there is an element like this:

<a name="10418"><b>&nbsp;Hospitalist (Family Practitioner)</b></a>

So I would like to find that 'a' element with has name="10418"

I've tried this with no luck, because I only want to get that string.

  $html_object = str_get_html($url);
  $html_object=$html_object->find('a');
  foreach ($html_object as $o) {
            $a= $o->find("b");
            echo $a[0];
 }

Enissay · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-29 14:43:45Z

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Try:

$anchor = $html_object->find('a[name=10418]', 0);
echo $anchor->plaintext;

Working DEMO

edited Jan 29, 2014 at 14:43

answered Jan 29, 2014 at 14:36

Enissay

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user3002293 Over a year ago

that gives me this error: Notice: Trying to get property of non-object

Enissay Over a year ago

@user3002293, it works fine, check the demo... Are you sure your html code contains that anchor ? (give me the link to check if possible)

user3002293 Over a year ago

could you try this please? pastebin.com/qJXQbvyh I don't know why my code is getting that error

Rokety · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-06 05:26:35Z

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Try another library called Tag Parse.It's simple and efficient.

$dom = new TagParse\TagDomRoot($html);
$a = $dom->find('a[name="10418"]');

I think it's fast and cost less memory than simple_html_dom.

answered Feb 6, 2014 at 5:26

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