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kuria/simple-html-parser
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Minimalistic HTML parser

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Simple HTML parser
==================

[](#simple-html-parser)

Minimalistic HTML parser.

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If you need advanced DOM manipulation, consider using `kuria/dom` instead.

Contents

- [Features](#features)
- [Requirements](#requirements)
- [Usage](#usage)
    - [Creating the parser](#creating-the-parser)
    - [Iterating elements](#iterating-elements)
    - [Element array structure](#element-array-structure)
        - [Element types](#element-types)
    - [Tag name and attribute normalization](#tag-name-and-attribute-normalization)
    - [Managing parser state](#managing-parser-state)
    - [`getHtml()` - get HTML content](#gethtml-get-html-content)
    - [`getSlice()` - get part of the HTML](#getslice-get-part-of-the-html)
    - [`getSliceBetween()` - get content between 2 elements](#getslicebetween-get-content-between-2-elements)
    - [`getLength()` - get length of the HTML](#getlength-get-length-of-the-html)
    - [`getEncoding()` - determine encoding of the HTML document](#getencoding-determine-encoding-of-the-html-document)
    - [`getEncodingTag()` - find the encoding-specifying meta tag](#getencodingtag-find-the-encoding-specifying-meta-tag)
    - [`usesFallbackEncoding()` - see if the fallback encoding is being used](#usesfallbackencoding-see-if-the-fallback-encoding-is-being-used)
    - [`setFallbackEncoding()` - set fallback encoding](#setfallbackencoding-set-fallback-encoding)
    - [`getDoctypeElement()` - find the doctype element](#getdoctypeelement-find-the-doctype-element)
    - [`escape()` - escape a string](#escape-escape-a-string)
    - [`find()` - match a specific element](#find-match-a-specific-element)
    - [`getOffset()` - get current offset](#getoffset-get-current-offset)
- [Example: Reading document's title](#example-reading-document-s-title)

[Features](#id1)
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[](#features)

- parsing opening tags
- parsing closing tags
- parsing comments
- parsing DTDs
- extracting parts of HTML content
- determining encoding of HTML documents
- handling "raw text" tags (``, ``, ``, etc.)

[Requirements](#id2)
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[](#requirements)

- PHP 7.1+

[Usage](#id3)
-------------

[](#usage)

### [Creating the parser](#id4)

[](#creating-the-parser)

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