php dom parser get li palintext

Question

i have html like this:

<li>
    TEXT       <---- GET THIS TEXT
    <ul>
      <li>a</li>
      <li>aa</li>
    </ul>
</li>

I want to get "TEXT" in li element, but then i try get li element I get all elements... This is my code:

$html = str_get_html('<li>TEXT<ul><li>a</li><li>aa</li></ul></li>');
echo $html->find('li', 0)->plaintext

output: TEXTaaa

but I need get only TEXT. And I can't add id or or something else

Fixed the code, please remember to mark as answer for future users (and me). — Neil, Mar 14 '17 at 06:10

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 13 '17 at 22:44

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Each part before/after a node is a textnode, so you just need to get the first childnode:

$foo->firstChild->textContent;

I'm assuming Simple HTML Dom implements DOMDocument...

answered Mar 13 '17 at 22:44

Ruben Vincenten

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 14 '17 at 06:10

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I solved it! What you needed was to grab the first textnode:

<?php

require_once 'simple_html_dom.php';

$html = str_get_html('<li>TEXT<ul><li>a</li><li>aa</li></ul></li>');
echo $html->find('li text', 0)->plaintext;

?>

answered Mar 14 '17 at 06:10

Neil

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OK, another example: $html = str_get_html('
TEXTb
- a
- aa

Vykintas

Mar 14 '17 at 07:14

You simply look at the next text node: echo $html->find('li text', 1)->plaintext; – Neil Mar 14 '17 at 07:17

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 14 '17 at 07:13

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OK, another example:

$html = str_get_html('<li>TEXT<a href="">b</a><ul><li>a</li><li>aa</li></ul></li>');
echo $html->find('li', 0)->first_child()->plaintext;

now I get "b" how get "TEST" in this situation?

answered Mar 14 '17 at 07:13

Vykintas

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You simply look at the next text node: echo $html->find('li text', 1)->plaintext; – Neil Mar 14 '17 at 07:17
If you still want TEST, then use the same query. If you want 'b', then use echo $html->find('li text', 1)->plaintext; – Neil Mar 14 '17 at 07:18

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