PHP | DOMDocument loadHTML() Function - GeeksforGeeks

30 Aug, 2019
The DOMDocument::loadHTML() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to load HTML file from a string.
Syntax:
bool DOMDocument::loadHTML( string $source, int $options = 0 )
Parameters: This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:
$source: This parameter holds the HTML string.
$options: This parameter is used to specify the additional Libxml parameters in PHP 5.4.0 and Libxml 2.6.0.
Return Value: This function returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. This function returns a DOMDocument if it is called statically or FALSE on failure.
Errors/Exceptions: If empty string is passed as parameter then it generates an warning message. This function can also be called statically but it will issue an E_STRICT error.
Below program illustrates the DOMDocument::loadHTML() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php  // Create a new DOMDocument$doc = new DOMDocument();  // Load the HTML file$doc->loadHTML("<html><head>    <title>        DOMDocument::loadHTML() function    </title></head><body>    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>    <h2>DOMDocument::loadHTML() function</h2></body>    </html>");  // Creates an HTML document and display itecho $doc->saveHTML();  ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
    <title>
        DOMDocument::loadHTML() function
    </title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>DOMDocument::loadHTML() function</h2>
</body>
</html>

Program 2:
<?php  // Create a new DOMDocument$doc = new DOMDocument();   // Create an element$comm1 = $doc->createComment('Starting of HTML document file');  // Append element to the document$doc->appendChild($comm1);  // Creates an HTML document and display itecho $doc->saveHTML();  // Load the HTML element to the document$doc->loadHTML("<html><head>    <title>PHP function</title></head><body>    <h1>Welcome to GeeksforGeeks</h1>    <h2>PHP function</h2>    <div>A computer science portal</div></body>    </html>");  // Create an element$comm2 = $doc->createComment('Ending of HTML document file');  // Append element to the document$doc->appendChild($comm2);  // Creates an HTML document and display itecho $doc->saveHTML();  ?>
<!--Starting of HTML document file-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" 
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
    <title>PHP function</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Welcome to GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>PHP function</h2>
    <div>A computer science portal</div>
</body>
</html>
<!--Ending of HTML document file-->

Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/domdocument.loadhtml.php
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