PHP | DOMDocument loadHTMLFile() Function

The DOMDocument::loadHTMLFile() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to load HTML from a file.

Syntax:

bool DOMDocument::loadHTMLFile( string $filename, int $options = 0 )

Parameters: This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:

$filename: This parameter holds the path to the HTML file.
$options: This parameter is used to specify the additional Libxml parameters in PHP 5.4.0 and Libxml 2.6.0.

Return Value: This function returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. This function returns a DOMDocument if it is called statically or FALSE on failure.

Below programs illustrate the DOMDocument::loadHTMLFile() function in PHP:

gfg.html

<html> 

<head> 

    <title>PHP function</title> 

</head> 

<body> 

    <h1>Welcome to GeeksforGeeks</h1> 

    <h2>PHP function</h2> 

    <div>A computer science portal</div> 

</body>     

</html>

Program 1:

<?php 

// Create a new DOMDocument 

$doc = new DOMDocument(); 

// Load the HTML file 

$doc->loadHTMLFile("gfg.html"); 

// Create an HTML document and display it 

echo $doc->saveHTML(); 

?>

Output:

<html>
<head>
    <title>PHP function</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Welcome to GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>PHP function</h2>
    <div>A computer science portal</div>
</body>    
</html>

Program 2:

<?php 

// Create a new DOMDocument 

$doc = new DOMDocument(); 

// Create an element 

$comm1 = $doc->createComment('Starting of HTML document file'); 

// Append element to the document 

$doc->appendChild($comm1); 

// Create an HTML document and display it 

echo $doc->saveHTML(); 

// Load the HTML file 

$doc->loadHTMLFile('gfg.html'); 

// Create an element 

$comm2 = $doc->createComment('Ending of HTML document file'); 

// Append element to the document 

$doc->appendChild($comm2); 

// Create an HTML document and display it 

echo $doc->saveHTML(); 

?>

Output:

<!--Starting of HTML document file-->
<html>
<head>
    <title>PHP function</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Welcome to GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>PHP function</h2>
    <div>A computer science portal</div>
</body>    
</html>
<!--Ending of HTML document file-->

Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/domdocument.loadhtmlfile.php

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