- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
function nodelist()
{
return '<table id="foobar">
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>7</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>9</td>
</tr>
</table>';
}
$dom = new \DOMDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8');
$dom->loadHTML(nodelist());
$element = $dom->getElementsByTagName('table');
var_dump($element->item(0));die;