DOMDocument::loadHTML

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

Load HTML from a string

public bool DOMDocument::loadHTML ( string $source [, int $options = 0 ] )

The function parses the HTML contained in the string source. Unlike loading XML, HTML does not have to be well-formed to load. This function may also be called statically to load and create a DOMDocument object. The static invocation may be used when no DOMDocument properties need to be set prior to loading.

Parameters:

source

The HTML string.

options

Since PHP 5.4.0 and Libxml 2.6.0, you may also use the options parameter to specify additional Libxml parameters.

Returns:

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. If called statically, returns a DOMDocument or FALSE on failure.

Exception:

If an empty string is passed as the source, a warning will be generated. This warning is not generated by libxml and cannot be handled using libxml's error handling functions.

This method may be called statically, but will issue an E_STRICT error.

While malformed HTML should load successfully, this function may generate E_WARNING errors when it encounters bad markup. libxml's error handling functions may be used to handle these errors.

Changelog:

5.4.0

Added options parameter.

Examples:

Creating a Document

<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->loadHTML("<html><body>Test<br></body></html>");
echo $doc->saveHTML();
?>