CkHtmlToXml PHP Extension Reference Documentation

CkHtmlToXml

Current Version: 9.5.0.97

Class for converting HTML to well-formed XML for the purpose of programmatically extracting (scraping) information from any HTML page.

Object Creation

$obj = new CkHtmlToXml();

Properties

DebugLogFilePath
string debugLogFilePath();
void put_DebugLogFilePath(string strVal);

If set to a file path, causes each Chilkat method or property call to automatically append it's LastErrorText to the specified log file. The information is appended such that if a hang or crash occurs, it is possible to see the context in which the problem occurred, as well as a history of all Chilkat calls up to the point of the problem. The VerboseLogging property can be set to provide more detailed information.

This property is typically used for debugging the rare cases where a Chilkat method call hangs or generates an exception that halts program execution (i.e. crashes). A hang or crash should generally never happen. The typical causes of a hang are:

  1. a timeout related property was set to 0 to explicitly indicate that an infinite timeout is desired,
  2. the hang is actually a hang within an event callback (i.e. it is a hang within the application code), or
  3. there is an internal problem (bug) in the Chilkat code that causes the hang.

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DropCustomTags
bool get_DropCustomTags()
void put_DropCustomTags(bool boolVal);

If set to true, then any non-standard HTML tags will be dropped when converting to XML.

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Html
string html();
void put_Html(string strVal);

The HTML to be converted by the ToXml method. To convert HTML to XML, first set this property to the HTML string and then call ToXml. The ConvertFile method can do file-to-file conversions.

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LastErrorHtml
(read-only)
string lastErrorHtml();

Provides information in HTML format about the last method/property called. If a method call returns a value indicating failure, or behaves unexpectedly, examine this property to get more information.

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LastErrorText
(read-only)
string lastErrorText();

Provides information in plain-text format about the last method/property called. If a method call returns a value indicating failure, or behaves unexpectedly, examine this property to get more information.

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LastErrorXml
(read-only)
string lastErrorXml();

Provides information in XML format about the last method/property called. If a method call returns a value indicating failure, or behaves unexpectedly, examine this property to get more information.

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LastMethodSuccess
bool get_LastMethodSuccess()
void put_LastMethodSuccess(bool boolVal);

Indicate whether the last method call succeeded or failed. A value of true indicates success, a value of false indicates failure. This property is automatically set for method calls. It is not modified by property accesses. The property is automatically set to indicate success for the following types of method calls:

  • Any method that returns a string.
  • Any method returning a Chilkat object, binary bytes, or a date/time.
  • Any method returning a standard boolean status value where success = true and failure = false.
  • Any method returning an integer where failure is defined by a return value less than zero.

Note: Methods that do not fit the above requirements will always set this property equal to true. For example, a method that returns no value (such as a "void" in C++) will technically always succeed.

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Nbsp
int get_Nbsp()
void put_Nbsp(int intVal);

Determines how to handle   HTML entities. The default value, 0 will cause   entites to be convert to normal space characters (ASCII value 32). If this property is set to 1, then  's will be converted to &#160. If set to 2, then &nbps;'s are dropped. If set to 3, then &nbsp's are left unmodified.

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Utf8
bool get_Utf8()
void put_Utf8(bool boolVal);

When set to true, all "const char *" arguments are interpreted as utf-8 strings. If set to false (the default), then "const char *" arguments are interpreted as ANSI strings. Also, when set to true, and Chilkat method returning a "const char *" is returning the utf-8 representation. If set to false, all "const char *" return values are ANSI strings.

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VerboseLogging
bool get_VerboseLogging()
void put_VerboseLogging(bool boolVal);

If set to true, then the contents of LastErrorText (or LastErrorXml, or LastErrorHtml) may contain more verbose information. The default value is false. Verbose logging should only be used for debugging. The potentially large quantity of logged information may adversely affect peformance.

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Version
(read-only)
string version();

Version of the component/library, such as "9.5.0.94"

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XmlCharset
string xmlCharset();
void put_XmlCharset(string strVal);

The charset, such as "utf-8" or "iso-8859-1" of the XML to be created. If XmlCharset is empty, the XML is created in the same character encoding as the HTML. Otherwise the HTML is converted XML and converted to this charset.

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Methods

ConvertFile
bool ConvertFile(string inHtmlPath, string destXmlPath);

Converts an HTML file to a well-formed XML file that can be parsed for the purpose of programmatically extracting information.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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DropTagType
void DropTagType(string tagName);

Allows for any specified tag to be dropped from the output XML. To drop more than one tag, call this method once for each tag type to be dropped.

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DropTextFormattingTags
void DropTextFormattingTags();

Causes text formatting tags to be dropped from the XML output. Text formatting tags are: b, font, i, u, br, center, em, strong, big, tt, s, small, strike, sub, and sup.

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ReadFile
bool ReadFile(string path, CkByteData outBytes);

Convenience method for reading a complete file into a byte array.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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ReadFileToString
bool ReadFileToString(string filename, string srcCharset, CkString outStr);
string readFileToString(string filename, string srcCharset);

Convenience method for reading a text file into a string. The character encoding of the text file is specified by srcCharset. Valid values, such as "iso-8895-1" or "utf-8" are listed at: List of Charsets.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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SetHtmlBd
bool SetHtmlBd(CkBinData bd);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.77

Sets the Html property from the contents of bd.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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SetHtmlBytes
void SetHtmlBytes(CkByteData inData);

Sets the Html property from a byte array.

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SetHtmlFromFile
bool SetHtmlFromFile(string filename);

Sets the Html property by loading the HTML from a file.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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SetHtmlSb
bool SetHtmlSb(CkStringBuilder sb);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.97

Sets the Html property from the contents of sb.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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ToXml
bool ToXml(CkString outStr);
string toXml();

Converts the HTML in the "Html" property to XML and returns the XML string.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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ToXmlSb
bool ToXmlSb(CkStringBuilder sb);
Introduced in version 9.5.0.77

Converts the HTML in the "Html" property to XML and appends the XML to sb.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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UndropTagType
void UndropTagType(string tagName);

Causes a specified type of tag to NOT be dropped in the output XML.

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UndropTextFormattingTags
void UndropTextFormattingTags();

Causes text formatting tags to NOT be dropped from the XML output. Text formatting tags are: b, font, i, u, br, center, em, strong, big, tt, s, small, strike, sub, and sup.

Important: Text formatting tags are dropped by default. Call this method to prevent text formatting tags from being dropped.

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WriteFile
bool WriteFile(string path, CkByteData fileData);

Convenience method for saving a byte array to a file.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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WriteStringToFile
bool WriteStringToFile(string stringToWrite, string filename, string charset);

Convenience method for saving a string to a file. The character encoding of the output text file is specified by charset (the string is converted to this charset when writing). Valid values, such as "iso-8895-1" or "utf-8" are listed at: List of Charsets.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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Xml
bool Xml(CkString outStr);
string xml();

This is the same as the "ToXml" method. It converts the HTML in the "Html" property to XML and returns the XML string.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

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