How to Get HTML Tag Value in PHP

In this particular, How to Get HTML Tag Value in PHP, article we will use the PHP DOMDocument Class which represents the HTML or XML document and also serves as the root of the document tree.

Here we discuss 4 tasks where we use the PHP DOMDocument class to get the value of HTML tags,

1. How to get a paragraph <p> tag value using PHP
2. How to get <span> tag value using PHP
3. How to store <span> value in PHP
4. How to access HTML elements in PHP

How to get a paragraph <p> tag value using PHP

In the below example How to get p tag value using PHP, we create a paragraph with an HTML ID attribute and set the text inside the P tag.

Output: Paragraph Sports

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Code Explanations:

• Using the PHP DOMDocument Class, call the DOMDocument object.
• Call the predefined loadHTML() function with variable parameters.
• Using the getElementById() DOM function we get the HTML element value.

How to get <span> tag value using PHP

Output: Span Sports

This is also the same process as the code with the changed ID.

How to Store span Value in PHP

If you want to store only span value then do the same code and create a variable on the last and assign the previous value that you get using PHP DOMDocument.

Output: Span Sports

How to Access HTML Elements in PHP

Here is a complete quick summary of how to get Html tag value in PHP or access HTML elements,

• getElementsByTagName(‘a’)
• getElementById(‘SpanID’)

For more, you can check on the official’s site, https://www.php.net/manual/en/class.domdocument.php

Here is a complete reference about accessing the HTML element in PHP with an example.

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