Getting div value (content/text) using XPath - php

Question

I have next html structure:
<li id="REQUIRED_ITEM_1" class="listing-post">
<a class="listing-thumb" href="blah" title="blah" data-palette-listing-image="">
<img src="REQUIRED_ITEM_2" width="75" height="75" alt="blah"> </a>
<div class="listing-detail ">
<div class="listing-title">
<div class="listing-icon hidden"></div>
blah
<div class="listing-maker">
<span class="name wrap">blah</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="listing-date">
REQUIRED_ITEM_6
</div>
<div class="listing-price">
Sold
</div>
</div>
</li>
There are few dozens of these <li> on the same page, all with different id and content. The content that I need is marked REQUIRED_ITEM_1 - REQUIRED_ITEM_6.
I am collecting the data from these <li>s with the help of Xpath.
Here is the code I use:
foreach($xpath->query("//li[#class='listing-post']") as $link) {
$REQUIRED_ITEM_1 = $link->getAttribute('id');
$REQUIRED_ITEM_2 = $xpath->query(".//img", $link)->item(0)->getAttribute('src');
$REQUIRED_ITEM_3 = $xpath->query(".//a", $link)->item(1)->getAttribute('href');
$REQUIRED_ITEM_4 = $xpath->query(".//a", $link)->item(1)->getAttribute('title');
$REQUIRED_ITEM_5 = $xpath->query(".//a", $link)->item(2)->getAttribute('href');
$REQUIRED_ITEM_6 = $xpath->query("./div/text", $link)->item(4);
}
It works as intended for the first 5 REQUIRED_ITEMs, however it seems the code to get text contained within listing-date div (REQUIRED_ITEM_6) is wrong.
Also, is this the best way to parse my html and collect data, or is there a better approach?

Answer 1

Here is the xPath to get REQUIRED_ITEM_6
//li[#class='listing-post']//div[#class='listing-date']/text()
That would be little bit faster (but first version may be more safe, since it is less dependent on XML structure).
//li[#class='listing-post']/div/div[#class='listing-date']/text()
So your code must look like something like this (but you may need to adjust it little bit with your php, not sure why you used item(4)).
$REQUIRED_ITEM_6 = $xpath->query(".//div[#class='listing-date']/text()", $link)->item(0)->textContent;