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 neveropen</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 neveropen</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 neveropen</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
