Using Simple Html Dom to remove some elements - php

Question

This is the page I'm trying to parse using Simple Html Dom. I've gotten 90% of the functionality done, but since I'm new to the library I'm not quite sure to do this.
I want to scrape the text of each news item, but since the text is inside the <p>element, using something like ->innertext bring everything inside, including the link.
Here's what I've tried:
<h1>Scraper Noticias</h1>
<?php
include('simple_html_dom.php');
class News {
var $image;
var $fechanoticia;
var $title;
var $description;
var $sourceurl;
function get_image( ) {
return $this->image;
}
function set_image ($new_image) {
$this->image = $new_image;
}
function get_fechanoticia( ) {
return $this->fechanoticia;
}
function set_fechanoticia ($new_fechanoticia) {
$this->fechanoticia = $new_fechanoticia;
}
function get_title( ) {
return $this->title;
}
function set_title ($new_title) {
$this->title = $new_title;
}
function get_description( ) {
return $this->description;
}
function set_description ($new_description) {
$this->description = $new_description;
}
function get_sourceurl( ) {
return $this->sourceurl;
}
function set_sourceurl ($new_sourceurl) {
$this->sourceurl = $new_sourceurl;
}
}
// Create DOM from URL or file
$html = file_get_html('http://www.uvm.cl/noticias_mas.shtml');
$parsedNews = array();
// Find all news items.
foreach($html->find('#cont2 p') as $element) {
$newItem = new News;
// Parse the news item's thumbnail image.
foreach ($element->find('img') as $image) {
$newItem->set_image($image->src);
//echo $newItem->get_image() . "<br />";
}
// Parse the news item's post date.
foreach ($element->find('span.fechanoticia') as $fecha) {
$newItem->set_fechanoticia($fecha->innertext);
//echo $newItem->get_fechanoticia() . "<br />";
}
// Parse the news item's title.
foreach ($element->find('a') as $title) {
$newItem->set_title($title->innertext);
//echo $newItem->get_title() . "<br />";
}
// Parse the news item's source URL link.
foreach ($element->find('a') as $sourceurl) {
$newItem->set_sourceurl("http://www.uvm.cl/" . $sourceurl->href);
}
// Parse the news items' description text.
echo $link; //This is the entire <p> tag. How can I get just the text. Not the link?
}
?>

Answer 1

Here's a solution I found. Although if I can improve the code, it would be appreciated.
<h1>Scraper Noticias</h1>
<?php
include('simple_html_dom.php');
class News {
var $image;
var $fechanoticia;
var $title;
var $description;
var $sourceurl;
function get_image( ) {
return $this->image;
}
function set_image ($new_image) {
$this->image = $new_image;
}
function get_fechanoticia( ) {
return $this->fechanoticia;
}
function set_fechanoticia ($new_fechanoticia) {
$this->fechanoticia = $new_fechanoticia;
}
function get_title( ) {
return $this->title;
}
function set_title ($new_title) {
$this->title = $new_title;
}
function get_description( ) {
return $this->description;
}
function set_description ($new_description) {
$this->description = $new_description;
}
function get_sourceurl( ) {
return $this->sourceurl;
}
function set_sourceurl ($new_sourceurl) {
$this->sourceurl = $new_sourceurl;
}
}
// Create DOM from URL or file
$html = file_get_html('http://www.uvm.cl/noticias_mas.shtml');
$parsedNews = array();
// Find all news items.
foreach($html->find('#cont2 p') as $element) {
$newItem = new News;
// Parse the news item's thumbnail image.
foreach ($element->find('img') as $image) {
$newItem->set_image($image->src);
//echo $newItem->get_image() . "<br />";
}
// Parse the news item's post date.
foreach ($element->find('span.fechanoticia') as $fecha) {
$newItem->set_fechanoticia($fecha->innertext);
//echo $newItem->get_fechanoticia() . "<br />";
}
// Parse the news item's title.
foreach ($element->find('a') as $title) {
$newItem->set_title($title->innertext);
//echo $newItem->get_title() . "<br />";
}
// Parse the news item's source URL link.
foreach ($element->find('a') as $sourceurl) {
$newItem->set_sourceurl("http://www.uvm.cl/" . $sourceurl->href);
}
// Parse the news items' description text.
foreach ($element->find('a') as $link) {
$link->outertext = '';
}
foreach ($element->find('span') as $link) {
$link->outertext = '';
}
foreach ($element->find('img') as $link) {
$link->outertext = '';
}
echo $element->innertext;
}
?>

Answer 2

Use the innertext instead of outertext
foreach ($element->find('a') as $sourceurl) {
echo $sourceurl->innertext . "<br />";
}