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DOMDocument::loadHTML

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(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Load HTML from a string

Description

DOMDocument::loadHTML(string $source, int $options = 0): bool

The function parses the HTML contained in the string source. Unlike loading XML, HTML does not have to be well-formed to load.

Html5

Parameters

source: The HTML string.
options: Options

Return Values

Success

Errors/Exceptions

If an empty string is passed as the source, a warning will be generated. This warning is not generated by libxml and cannot be handled using libxml's error handling functions.

Malformederror

Changelog

Version	Description
8.3.0	This function now has a tentative `bool` return type.
8.0.0	Calling this function statically will now throw an `Error`. Previously, an `E_DEPRECATED` was raised.

Examples

Creating a Document

php

<?php
$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->loadHTML("<html><body>Test<br></body></html>");
echo $doc->saveHTML();
?>