Fetch data from site using php and put in an array - php

Question

<div>A/C:front<span style="color:red;margin:8px">/
</span>Anti-Lock Brakes<span style="color:red;margin:8px">/
</span>Passenger Airbag<span style="color:red;margin:8px">/
</span>Power Mirrors<span style="color:red;margin:8px">/
</span>Power Steering<span style="color:red;margin:8px">/
</span>Power Windows<span style="color:red;margin:8px">/
</span>Driver Airbag<span style="color:red;margin:8px">/
</span>No Accidents<span style="color:red;margin:8px">/
</span>Power Door Locks<span style="color:red;margin:8px">/</span>
</div>
Appears like this on website :
A/C:front/Anti-Lock Brakes/Passenger Airbag/Power Mirrors/Power Steering/Power Windows/Driver Airbag/No Accidents/Power Door Locks/
I used $content = file_get_contents('url'); and now i need to shift through the data.
I need to fetch each one of the options above and put them in an array or something like :
$option = ("A/C:front","Anti-Lock Brakes","Passenger Airbag",....);
Any idea how to do this using php ?

Answer 1

With the source code everything is easier:
<?php
$dom = new DOMDocument;
#$dom->loadHTMLFile('http://www.sayuri.co.jp/used-cars/B37659-Nissan-Tiida%20Latio-japanese-used-cars');
$xpath = new DOMXPath($dom);
$nodes = iterator_to_array($xpath->query('//h4/following-sibling::div')->item(0)->childNodes);
$items = array_map(function ($node) {
return $node->nodeValue;
}, array_filter($nodes, function ($node) {
return $node->nodeValue != '/';
}));
var_dump($items);
This gave me the following:
array(9) {
[0]=>
string(9) "A/C:front"
[2]=>
string(16) "Anti-Lock Brakes"
[4]=>
string(16) "Passenger Airbag"
[6]=>
string(13) "Power Mirrors"
[8]=>
string(14) "Power Steering"
[10]=>
string(13) "Power Windows"
[12]=>
string(13) "Driver Airbag"
[14]=>
string(12) "No Accidents"
[16]=>
string(16) "Power Door Locks"
}
You might want to use array_values() on $items to reset the indexes. That's all!

Answer 2

Sounds like you need DOMDocument. Specifically, the getElementsByTagName function. So using your example, I suggest this. Please adjust to suit your needs:
// Get the contents of the URL.
$content = file_get_contents('url');
// Parse the HTML using `DOMDocument`
$dom = new DOMDocument();
#$dom->loadHTML($content);
// Search the parsed DOM structure for `span` elements.
$option = array();
foreach($dom->getElementsByTagName('span') as $span){
$option[] = $span->nodeValue;
}
// Dumps the values in `option` for review.
echo '<pre>';
print_r($option);
echo '</pre>';