How to parse all attributes of tag from string into array using php?

Question

I have a html string like...

<match id="18" srs="ICC Womens World Cup Qualifier, 2010" mchDesc="BANW vs PMGW" mnum="4th Match">

Using php how i can split/decode/parse this string as a accessible object(key value pair) such as....

array(
    "id"=>"18", 
    "srs"=>"ICC Womens World Cup Qualifier, 2010", 
    "mchDesc"=>"BANW vs PMGW", 
    "mnum"=>"4th Match"
);

Output:

Array
(
    [id] => 18
    [srs] => ICC Womens World Cup Qualifier, 2010
    [mchDesc] => BANW vs PMGW
    [mnum] => 4th Match
)

Take a look at this: php.net/manual/en/domdocument.loadhtml.php — steven
– steven, Commented Feb 6, 2017 at 19:13

Casimir et Hippolyte · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-06 19:25:19Z

4

Using DOMDocument and DOMAttr:

$str = '<match id="18" srs="ICC Womens World Cup Qualifier, 2010" mchDesc="BANW vs PMGW" mnum="4th Match">';
$dom = new DOMDocument;
libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
$dom->loadHTML($str);

$result = [];

foreach($dom->getElementsByTagName('match')->item(0)->attributes as $attr) {
    $result[$attr->name] = $attr->value;
}

print_r($result);

The main advantage is that it doesn't care if attributes values are enclosed between single or double quotes (or no quotes at all), if there are spaces before or after the equal sign.

answered Feb 6, 2017 at 19:25

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Eduardo Lynch Araya · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-06 19:42:31Z

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This Should Work.

(\w+)\=\"([a-zA-Z0-9 ,.\/&%?=]+)\"

Code PHP:

<?php
$re = '/(\w+)\=\"([a-zA-Z0-9 ,.\/&%?=]+)\"/m';
$str = '<match id="18" srs="ICC Womens World Cup Qualifier, 2010" mchDesc="BANW vs PMGW" mnum="4th Match">
';

preg_match_all($re, $str, $matches);

$c = array_combine($matches[1], $matches[2]);

print_r($c);

Output:

Array
(
    [id] => 18
    [srs] => ICC Womens World Cup Qualifier, 2017
    [mchDesc] => BANW vs PMGW
    [mnum] => 4th Match, Group B
    [type] => ODI
    [vcity] => Colombo
    [vcountry] => Sri Lanka
    [grnd] => Colombo Cricket Club Ground
    [inngCnt] => 0
    [datapath] => google.com/j2me/1.0/match/2017/
)

Ideone: http://ideone.com/OQ7Ko1

Regex101: https://regex101.com/r/lyMmKF/7

edited Feb 6, 2017 at 19:42

answered Feb 6, 2017 at 19:19

Eduardo Lynch Araya

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Masum billah Over a year ago

everything ok but when string become "<match id="18" type="ODI" srs="ICC Womens World Cup Qualifier, 2017" mchDesc="BANW vs PMGW" mnum="4th Match, Group B" vcity="Colombo" vcountry="Sri Lanka" grnd="Colombo Cricket Club Ground" inngCnt="0" datapath="google.com/j2me/1.0/match/2017/…">" then datapath cannot parse.

Eduardo Lynch Araya Over a year ago

@masumbillah fixed. ^_^ and added support for "google.com/j2me/1.0/match/2017/index.php?=potato" and "google.com/j2me/1.0/match/2017/index.php?=potato&?watermelon=true"

Casimir et Hippolyte Over a year ago

If a pattern starts with \w+, you don't need to put a word boundary before. But if you want to reduce the number of steps, you can put one at the very beginning of the pattern (outside of the parenthesis).

Masum billah Over a year ago

but i can not parse datapath="dhttp://google.com/j2me/1.0/match/2017/2017_ICC_WOMENS_WORLDCUP_QUALIFIER/BANW_PMGW_FEB07/" @Edulynch

Masum billah Over a year ago

I think re should be (\w+)\=\"([a-zA-Z0-9 ,._:\/&%?=]+)\" @Edulynch

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