<?php
$html = <<<'HTML'
<article>
<p>aaaaaa</p><br/>
<br><br><br><br>
<p>bb<br/>bbb<br/>b</p>
<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>
</article>
HTML;
$dom = new DOMDocument;
@$dom->loadHTML($html, LIBXML_HTML_NOIMPLIED | LIBXML_HTML_NODEFDTD);
$xpath = new DomXPath($dom);
$elements = $xpath->query('//article/*');
echo $dom->saveHTML();
- Output for 5.6.0 - 5.6.40, 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.33, 8.2.0 - 8.2.29, 8.3.0 - 8.3.26, 8.4.1 - 8.4.13
- <article>
<p>aaaaaa</p><br>
<br><br><br><br>
<p>bb<br>bbb<br>b</p>
<br><br><br><br><br>
</article>
preferences:
165.92 ms | 408 KiB | 5 Q