DOMXpath remove tag

Question

I have this HTML code:

<div class ="lvlone">
    <div class = "lvltwo"> Hello
        <span>World</span>
    </div>
</div>

I do this:$res = $xpath->query(//div[@class='lvlone']/div[@class='lvltwo']);

I get Hello World including the string in <span> tag but i down want it!
I only want the Hello.
What can i do ?
Thanks!

You're probably going to need to use `text()` at some point to extract only text nodes and not other children. I'd start looking there. — TheZ, Oct 31 '12 at 23:08
thanks man! I am new at DOMDocument and i didnt find this at PHP.net! — Manos Serifios, Oct 31 '12 at 23:22
No problem, I remember learning XPath... oh wait no, I'm _still_ learning my way around XPath! Haha. — TheZ, Oct 31 '12 at 23:29

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 31 '12 at 23:15

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As TheZ points out, you can use the text() function from XPath:

$nodes = $xpath->query( '//div[@class="lvltwo"]/text()');
echo $nodes->item(0)->nodeValue; // Prints 'Hello'

answered Oct 31 '12 at 23:15

nickb

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