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user3044244
user3044244

Reputation: 23

Dom Parse multiple tables

I am trying to access information from both the first and second table on a website. Using the below code I am only able to access the first table. What syntax to I use to get to the second or the nth table?

$url = "http://iditarod.com/race/2014/";

//new dom object
$dom = new DOMDocument();

//load the html
$html = $dom->loadHTMLFile($url);

//discard white space 
$dom->preserveWhiteSpace = false; 

//the table by its tag name
$tables = $dom->getElementsByTagName('table'); 

//get all rows from the table
$rows = $tables->item(0)->getElementsByTagName('tr');

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1042

Answers (1)

user3942918
user3942918

Reputation: 26415

To get the second table, use item(1). To get the nth table, use n - 1.

What getElementsByTagName('table') returns is a DOMNodeList which contains all the elements named "table" in the document. The DOMNodeList method item() returns a DOMNode from that list at the given index, with the item index starting at 0.

So to get all the rows from the second table:

$rows = $tables->item(1)->getElementsByTagName('tr');

Upvotes: 1

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