XPath query not returning anything

[KapaGino]

Hiya,

 

I'm trying to learn the basics of XPath but I'm having trouble getting it to return anything. All I want is for it to grab the title of the page and echo it...

<?php

$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->loadHTML("http://www.estatesgazette.com/propertylink/advert/4th_floor_pear_mill_industrial_estate_stockport_cheshire-stockport_cheshire-3383230.htm");
$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);

$nodes = $xpath->query("/html/head/title");
$title = $nodes->item(0)->nodeValue;

echo $title;

?>

I'm running PHP 5.4.7 btw

 

Thanks

[requinix]

Your use of XPath is right. Your use of DOMDocument is not.

$doc->loadHTML(

That loads an HTML string. You want loadHTMLFile which loads HTML from a location.

[Barand]

try

include ('simple_html_dom.php');
$doc = file_get_html("http://www.estatesgazette.com/propertylink/advert/4th_floor_pear_mill_industrial_estate_stockport_cheshire-stockport_cheshire-3383230.htm");
$title = $doc->find('title',0);
echo $title->plaintext;

I remember the Pear Mill, and the Welkin Mill across the road, when they were mills