html::parse(3pm)
NAME
HTML::Parse - Deprecated, a wrapper around HTML::TreeBuilder
SYNOPSIS
See the documentation for HTML::TreeBuilder
DESCRIPTION
Disclaimer: This module is provided only for backwards compatibility
with earlier versions of this library. New code should not use this
module, and should really use the HTML::Parser and HTML::TreeBuilder
modules directly, instead.
The "HTML::Parse" module provides functions to parse HTML documents.
There are two functions exported by this module:
- parse_html($html) or parse_html($html, $obj)
- This function is really just a synonym for $obj->parse($html) and
$obj is assumed to be a subclass of "HTML::Parser". Refer to
HTML::Parser for more documentation. - If $obj is not specified, the $obj will default to an internally
created new "HTML::TreeBuilder" object configured with
strict_comment() turned on. That class implements a parser that builds (and is) a HTML syntax tree with HTML::Element objects as
nodes. - The return value from parse_html() is $obj.
- parse_htmlfile($file, [$obj])
- Same as parse_html(), but pulls the HTML to parse, from the named file.
- Returns "undef" if the file could not be opened, or $obj otherwise.
- When a "HTML::TreeBuilder" object is created, the following variables
control how parsing takes place: - $HTML::Parse::IMPLICIT_TAGS
- Setting this variable to true will instruct the parser to try to
deduce implicit elements and implicit end tags. If this variable
is false you get a parse tree that just reflects the text as it
stands. Might be useful for quick & dirty parsing. Default is
true. - Implicit elements have the implicit() attribute set.
- $HTML::Parse::IGNORE_UNKNOWN
- This variable contols whether unknow tags should be represented as elements in the parse tree. Default is true.
- $HTML::Parse::IGNORE_TEXT
- Do not represent the text content of elements. This saves space if all you want is to examine the structure of the document. Default is false.
- $HTML::Parse::WARN
- Call warn() with an apropriate message for syntax errors. Default is false.
REMEMBER!
HTML::TreeBuilder objects should be explicitly destroyed when you're
finished with them. See HTML::TreeBuilder.
SEE ALSO
HTML::Parser, HTML::TreeBuilder, HTML::Element
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1995-1998 Gisle Aas, 1999-2004 Sean M. Burke, 2005 Andy
Lester, 2006 Pete Krawczyk.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
AUTHOR
Currently maintained by Pete Krawczyk "<petek@cpan.org>"
- Original authors: Gisle Aas, Sean Burke and Andy Lester.