PHP Simple HTML DOM parser: excluding tags

Question

I need to exclude a

img

tag from

 <a href="http://www.facebook.com/xxxxxx">
     <img style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;" 
          src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/xxxxx/xxxxx.jpg">
      Matt Cartledge
 </a>

and get only the text i.e. Matt Carledge. Is it possitble using php simple html dom parser? Thnk you.

$first_anchor = $list->find('a',0);
$prof_img = $first_anchor->find('img',0)->src;
echo $prof_name = $first_anchor->innertext;die();

i need prof_name to be "Matt Cartledge".

Should be. Show us what you've tried, and then we can help you go from there. — Andy Lester
– Andy Lester, Commented Jan 23, 2013 at 6:19

Prajwol Onta · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-23 07:38:24Z

3

Ah got it, its ->plaintext; thnk you

If we use like $something->innertext;(It gives everthing inside $something including all tags within it) AND if we use $something->plaintext;(It give only the texts exluding the tags).

edited Jan 23, 2013 at 7:38

answered Jan 23, 2013 at 6:40

Prajwol Onta

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Austin Henley Over a year ago

Elaborate so that this could help future users.

Prajwol Onta Over a year ago

oh.. if we use like $something->innertext;(It gives everthing inside $something including all tags within it) AND if we use $something->plaintext;(It give only the texts exluding the tags).

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