Getting Specific Data in PHP

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What is the way to get specific data using PHP. In this case i want to get some text which is wrapped by  to the first  HTML tag.
Assuming a HTML source code is:

Once there was a king <span class="s"> May 3  2009 <b> ABC Some Text </b> Some photo or video</span> but they have...

So, here i want to get those filtered data in a variable like: $fdata = "May 3 2009";
Because, May 3 2009 is wrapped by  to the first  HTML tag.
I will use it in SIMPLE PHP HTML DOM PARSING. So, any idea or example to filter those text and get it in a variable? Any idea will be a great help.

*If you found a duplicate question here, its not that its more specified.

Are you asking how to use simple html dom parser to grab the elements? — Paul Dessert
– Paul Dessert, Commented Nov 1, 2012 at 17:32
actually i can't understand how to filter those text and get in a variable, if its possible then i will able to play it with simple html dom parser. — Max Muller
– Max Muller, Commented Nov 1, 2012 at 17:34

Mohit Bumb · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-01 17:34:54Z

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Use Simple HTML DOM http://simplehtmldom.sourceforge.net/

Or http://php.net/manual/en/domdocument.loadhtml.php

Or you can use any other library also.

answered Nov 1, 2012 at 17:34

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Max Muller Over a year ago

yeah thanks, but i know that. What i can't understand is how to get those text which wrapped by  to the first  HTML tag, and declare that in a variable, if u know n if possible please give me an example.

ficuscr Over a year ago

Hmm, if you don't want to figure out the code maybe check out: code.google.com/p/phpquery seems you could chain it like a jQuery selector if you are more comfortable with that.

Max Muller Over a year ago

is that possible to get that data by preg_replace, if so n if possible for you please show me a example. Thanks

Paul Dessert · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-01 17:40:23Z

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If you're using simple html dom parser you'd grab the elements you're targeting like this:

$ret = $html->find('span class="s"');

This is just a basic sample, but it should get you going in the right direction.

if you need to find a very specific instance, you can use something such as:

$ret = $html->find("#div1", 0)->children(1)->children(1)->children(2)->id;

answered Nov 1, 2012 at 17:40

Paul Dessert

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Max Muller Over a year ago

actually i wanna get some filtered text in a variable, so we can compare it as getting a youtube video id from a url in a variable.

Paul Dessert Over a year ago

using my first example, it should return May 3 2009 ABC Some Text Some photo or video. Then you could trim everything after May 3 2009. You'll probably have to come up with some RegEx to handle this since the length of the month and day will probably vary.

Max Muller Over a year ago

thanks, i am trying with this but dont works:

foreach($result->find('span class="s"') as $ftext) $new_des = implode(' ', array_slice(str_word_count($ftext, 1),0,4)); $result = str_replace($new_des, '', $result); $result = str_get_html($result);

so it can delete first 4 word of span class="s", how to to make it work?

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