Parse text from an HTML page

Question

I know it is possible to get information (text) from another page.

For example, on the page at http://www.page.com/ is a div named news. How can I get the text from this div?

You need to clarify your intentions, do you with to be at www.one.com and collect data from www.two.com ? — Zuul
– Zuul, Commented Jun 14, 2010 at 20:54
Unless you own the other page, it isn't really nice to grab and parse the content of someone else's page and can create a lot of overhead and use up a lot of bandwidth even if you do. — Aaron Butacov
– Aaron Butacov, Commented Jun 14, 2010 at 20:54

Sarfraz · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-14 20:54:25Z

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Yes, that's what HTML Simple DOM is for amongst other options.

Example:

$html  = file_get_html('http://www.page.com/');
$mydiv = $html->find('div[id=news]', 0)->plaintext;

answered Jun 14, 2010 at 20:54

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migajek Over a year ago

+1 for using HTML simple dom parser which is similar to jQuery in terms of selectors :) however please don't forget to use clear() method when using multiple instances of HTML DOM (i.e. in iteration) as it's easy to reach the memory limit using this library :)

Sarfraz Over a year ago

@migajek: thanks and sure this is just an example, OP is supposed to visit their site for more info about it.

migajek Over a year ago

I'm afraid that they do not state anywhere that is recommended to use "clear", that's why I've written it here ;)

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-14 20:53:39Z

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Use an HTML parser.

answered Jun 14, 2010 at 20:53

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