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wildhoney/xpath-document
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Friendlier XPath extension of DOMDocument for those fluent in beloved XPath!

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XPathDocument
=============

[](#xpathdocument)

[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/4534adbfbff3fd8ccc07d2222fc242743267f010ea09578301a5467de58d7aa2/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f57696c64686f6e65792f42616e7465722e6a732e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/4534adbfbff3fd8ccc07d2222fc242743267f010ea09578301a5467de58d7aa2/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f57696c64686f6e65792f42616e7465722e6a732e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)

**Bower:** `bower install wildhoney/xpath-document`

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

XPathDocument allows you to chain your `query` methods, allowing you to delve deeper into the DOM hierarchy with each iteration.

```
$posts = $xpathDocument->query('//div[@class="posts"]');

foreach ($posts as $post) {
    $comments = $post->query('div[@class="comments"]');
}
```

Each `query` will return an instance of `XPathDocument_Dom_List` – and this class implements `Iterator`, `ArrayAccess` and `Countable`, which gives you lots of useful methods for manipulating the node collection.

[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/93921cf4972f221c482534868d0d382724817ff0b2b02c4dd2e593530eb8596c/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f4f4d4f4e4563512e706e67)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/93921cf4972f221c482534868d0d382724817ff0b2b02c4dd2e593530eb8596c/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f4f4d4f4e4563512e706e67)

Typically `XPathDocument_Dom_List` will hold a collection of `XPathDocument_Dom_Element` instances – but other instances are possible:

- `XPathDocument_Dom_Element` – generic elements with values and attributes;
- `XPathDocument_Dom_Attr` – specific for node attributes;
- `XPathDocument_Dom_Text` – specific for text values of nodes;

The latter two have a simple `getText` method for returning their values. However, `XPathDocument_Dom_Element` has the greatest flexibility.

Element Instance
----------------

[](#element-instance)

With an instance of `XPathDocument_Dom_Element` you have the following methods:

- `getText` – retrieve the value of the node;
- `getHtml` – retrieve the HTML value of the node;
- `getName` – retrieve the name of the node (`span`, `div`, etc...);
- `getAttribute` – retrieve an attribute by its name;
- `query` – use node as the context for further querying;

Reddit Example
--------------

[](#reddit-example)

Please see the Reddit.com example in the `example/index.php` which will demonstrate how simple it is to crawl websites with `XPathDocument`!

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