DiDOM is a fast and simple HTML and XML parser for PHP. If you want to install DiDOM in your PHP project, you should use Composer, which is the standard package manager for PHP. If you don't have Composer installed, you can download it from the official website at https://getcomposer.org/ or install it locally in your project.
To install DiDOM in your PHP project using Composer, follow these steps:
Open your terminal or command prompt.
Navigate to the root directory of your PHP project. If your project is located at
/path/to/your/project, you would enter the following command:
cd /path/to/your/project
- Run the Composer command to require DiDOM in your project.
composer require imangazaliev/didom
This command will automatically find the latest stable version of DiDOM and add it to your composer.json file, as well as install it along with its dependencies into the vendor directory inside your project.
- Autoload DiDOM in your PHP script. To use DiDOM in your PHP code, you must include Composer's autoload script at the beginning of your PHP files. This allows you to use DiDOM without requiring individual files manually. Add the following line at the top of your PHP script:
require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
Replace __DIR__ with the actual path to the vendor directory if your script is in a different directory.
- Start using DiDOM in your project. After installing and autoloading DiDOM, you can begin using it in your code. Here's an example of how to create a new DiDOM document and parse HTML:
// Include Composer's autoloader
require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
// Use the DiDOM class
use DiDom\Document;
// Create a new DiDOM Document instance
$document = new Document();
// Load HTML content
$html = '<html><body><h1>Hello, World!</h1></body></html>';
// Parse the HTML
$document->loadHtml($html);
// Use DiDOM's methods to interact with the HTML
$h1 = $document->first('h1');
// Output the content of the <h1> tag
echo $h1->text(); // Outputs: Hello, World!
That's it! You now have DiDOM installed and ready to be used in your PHP project. Remember to use Composer to manage your PHP dependencies as it makes the installation and update process much easier and more efficient.
