How to analyze HTML Page using PHP?

Question

Hi I want to analyze HTML page by following example.

I can put url page to textfield then press enter.
I get some text from HTML page such as title, h1, div id="do" or so on.

How I can do it by using PHP?

Thanks!

See this question on how to parse HTML using PHP. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/292926/robust-mature-html-parser-for-php — The Pixel Developer, Mar 06 '10 at 20:12

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 06 '10 at 20:11

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With file_get_contents() or the like and an HTML parser.

answered Mar 06 '10 at 20:11

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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Don't use file_get_contents. According to this benchmark cURL is quite a bit faster. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/555523/file-get-contents-vs-curl-what-has-better-performance – The Pixel Developer Mar 06 '10 at 20:13
I don't know why he's being downvoted. Altough it may be true curl is faster, his answer is valid. – metrobalderas Mar 06 '10 at 21:23
Before you make *wild* accusations, I neither down-voted or up-voted. The answer is far too short for my liking. – The Pixel Developer Mar 06 '10 at 22:26

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 06 '10 at 21:16

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You want to use PHP's curl functions, here's a quick tutorial.

answered Mar 06 '10 at 21:16

TravisO

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 01 '14 at 16:05

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Use file_get_contents or cURL, then use the explode functions to get data from the tags if using file_get_contents OR use "regex" for the particular html tag for getting the data

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Jon Winstanley

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answered Aug 02 '10 at 10:26

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Using explode would get very messy as HTML is hardly ever perfectly written. – Jon Winstanley May 01 '14 at 16:05

How to analyze HTML Page using PHP?

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