- substr: documentation ( source)
<?php
$html = <<<HTML
<body>
<a href="page4.php">Page 4</a>
<a href="page3.php">Page 3</a>
<div class="red">stuff</div>
<div class="blue">stuff</div>
</body>
HTML;
$dom = new DOMDocument;
$dom->loadHTML($html, LIBXML_HTML_NOIMPLIED | LIBXML_HTML_NODEFDTD);
$counter = 0;
foreach ($dom->getElementsByTagName("a") as $a) {
++$counter;
$comment = new DOMComment(" UNIT $counter ");
$a->parentNode->insertBefore($comment, $a);
$a->setAttribute('id', "a_$counter");
}
$counter = 0;
foreach ($dom->getElementsByTagName("div") as $b) {
++$counter;
$b->setAttribute('id', "b_$counter");
}
echo substr($dom->saveHTML(), 7, -9);