PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser selective root text

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Hi there how can I get only selective text in this code whith simple php parser

<div class="body" style="text-align: justify;padding: 10px;">
        <a class="entekhab_lead2" href="/"> other text : </a>
        <br> I want this text <br>
        <div align="justify"> other text or elements <div>
        <div> other text or elemnets </div>
        and anything else....
</div>

I want just return this: I want this text

I try this

foreach($html->find('div') as $element) 
   echo $element->plaintext . '<br>';

but it print every text.

Ryan K · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-28 15:59:12Z

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Thats because you are selecting each div and not the br tag which is what you wanted, try this

foreach($html->find('br') as $element) 
  echo $element->plaintext . '<br>';

answered Apr 28, 2015 at 15:59

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daxeh · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-28 16:09:19Z

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An alternative approach, have a look at php strip_tags(). This function allows removing html tags with allowed argument.

ie. strip_tags($string, '<br><br/>');
implies remove all tags leaving <br>'s

Hope this helps.

answered Apr 28, 2015 at 16:09

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