- print_r: documentation ( source)
- iterator_to_array: documentation ( source)
<?php
$html = <<<'HTML'
<body>
<main>
<div>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit.
</div>
<p>
Incidunt expedita laudantium aliquid unde explicabo.
</p>
<span>
Velit eveniet alias minima vitae libero labore.
</span>
</main>
</body>
HTML;
$dom = new DOMDocument;
@$dom->loadHTML($html, LIBXML_HTML_NOIMPLIED | LIBXML_HTML_NODEFDTD);
$xpath = new DomXPath($dom);
$entry = $xpath->query('//main/node()');
print_r($entry);
print_r(iterator_to_array($entry));