I want to parse span innertext using simple_html_dom in php - php

Question

<span class="contact-seller-name">Enda</span>
Now I want to echo 'Enda' inside this span tag using php
Here's my php code
$url="http://website.example.com";
$html = file_get_html( $url );
$value = $html->find('span.contact-seller-name');
echo $value->innertext;

Answer 1

From their documentation it looks like find returns an array of found values matching filter parameters:
From:
http://simplehtmldom.sourceforge.net/
Code:
// Find all images
foreach($html->find('img') as $element)
echo $element->src . '<br>';
They also provide another example for getting a specific element:
$html->find('div[id=hello]', 0)->innertext = 'foo';
So my guess would be something like this will get you want you desire:
$value = $html->find('span.contact-seller-name', 0);
echo $value->innertext;
By adding the 0 as a parameter it returns the first found instance of that filter.
Take a look at their API here:
http://simplehtmldom.sourceforge.net/manual_api.htm
It describe what the find method returns (an array of element objects or element object if the second parameter is defined)
Then using any of the provided methods for the element object you can get the desired text.
Full working example tested on a live site:
$url = "http://fleeceandthankyou.org/";
$html = file_get_html($url);
$value = $html->find('span.givecamp-header-wide', 0);
//If it can't find the element, throw an error
try
{
echo $value->innertext;
}
catch (Exception $e)
{
echo "Couldn't access magic method: " . $e->getMessage();
}