Is XPath supported in Symfony Panther for element selection?

Symfony Panther is a browser testing and web scraping library for PHP that leverages the WebDriver protocol. It is built on top of Facebook's WebDriver implementation for PHP, called ChromeDriver.

Symfony Panther does support XPath for element selection. Panther provides a client that integrates with the WebDriver API, allowing you to interact with web pages using various strategies, including XPath, CSS selectors, and more.

Here's an example of how you can use XPath with Symfony Panther in PHP:

<?php

require __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php'; // Composer's autoloader

use Symfony\Component\Panther\PantherTestCase;

class MyPantherTest extends PantherTestCase
{
    public function testMyWebPage()
    {
        $client = static::createPantherClient(); // This starts the WebDriver server and opens a browser
        $client->request('GET', 'http://example.com');

        // Use XPath to select an element
        $crawler = $client->getCrawler();
        $element = $crawler->filterXPath('//h1');

        // Do something with the element, like getting its text content
        $textContent = $element->text();

        // More actions or assertions can be done here
    }
}

// Now you can run your test and it will use XPath for selecting elements
$test = new MyPantherTest();
$test->testMyWebPage();

In the example above, filterXPath('//h1') is used to select all <h1> elements on the page using XPath. You can then interact with these elements or assert their properties as needed.

Symfony Panther also provides other methods for element selection: - filter($cssSelector) for selecting elements using CSS selectors. - selectButton($buttonText) to select buttons by their text. - selectLink($linkText) to select links by their text.

Make sure that the elements you are trying to select with XPath actually exist in the page at the time of selection. Remember that with JavaScript-heavy websites, elements might be loaded asynchronously, so you may need to wait for elements to be present before selecting them.

It's also important to note that the actual support and implementation details could change, so it's always a good idea to consult the latest Symfony Panther documentation or release notes for up-to-date information.