How to call UL class only once using domdocument php - php

Question

I am using PHP Domdocument to load my html. In my HTML, I have class="smalllist" two times. But, I need to load the first class elements.
Now, My PHP Code is
$d = new DOMDocument();
$d->validateOnParse = true;
#$d->loadHTML($html);
$xpath = new DOMXPath($d);
$table = $xpath->query('//ul[#class="smalllist"]');
foreach ($table as $row) {
echo $row->getElementsByTagName('a')->item(0)->nodeValue."-";
echo $row->getElementsByTagName('a')->item(1)->nodeValue."\n";
}
which loads both the classes.
But, I need to load only one class with that name.
Please help me in this. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

DOMXPath returns a DOMNodeList which has a item() method. see if this works
$table->item(0)->getElementsByTagName('a')->item(0)->nodeValue
edited (untested):
foreach($table->item(0)->getElementsByTagName('a') as $anchor){
echo $anchor->nodeValue . "\n";
}

Answer 2

You can put a break within the foreach loop to read only from the first class. Or, you can do foreach ($table->item(0) as $row) {...
Code:
$count = 0;
foreach($table->item(0)->getElementsByTagName('a') as $anchor){
echo $anchor->nodeValue . "\n";
if( ++$count > 2 ) {
break;
}
}

Answer 3

another way rather than using break (more than one way to skin a cat):
$anchors = $table->item(0)->getElementsByTagName('a');
for($i = 0; $i < 2; $i++){
echo $anchor->item($i)->nodeValue . "\n";
}

Answer 4

This is my final code:
$d = new DOMDocument();
$d->validateOnParse = true;
#$d->loadHTML($html);
$xpath = new DOMXPath($d);
$table = $xpath->query('//ul[#class="smalllist"]');
$count = 0;
foreach($table->item(0)->getElementsByTagName('a') as $anchor){
$data[$k][$arr1[$count]] = $anchor->nodeValue;
if( ++$count > 1 ) {
break;
}
}
Working fine.