aflansburg/parsing.php

## parsing.php
<?php

$html = '
        <!DOCTYPE html>
        <html>
            <head>
                <title><?=$title?></title>
            </head>
            <body>
                <p id="thisP">Some stuff here to parse! ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ</p>
            </body>

        </html>';

    $dom_doc = new DOMDocument();
    $dom_doc->loadHtml($html);
    $dom_xpath = new DOMXpath($dom_doc);

    $message = "This is the message generated from the function";

    $updatedMsg = writeMsgToDoc($message, $dom_xpath);

    function writeMsgToDoc($message, $dom_xpath){
        $els = $dom_xpath->query("*/p[@id = 'thisP']");

        foreach ($els as $el){
            //echo "\n[". $el->nodeName. "]";
            $nodes = $el->childNodes;
            foreach ($nodes as $node){
                $newMessage = $node->nodeValue. "\n";
                return $newMessage;
            }
        }
    }
?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Title</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Here's what was parsed:<?=$html?></p>
<p>Post-parse = <?=$updatedMsg?></p>
</body>

</html>
	<?php

	$html = '
	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<title><?=$title?></title>
	</head>
	<body>
	<p id="thisP">Some stuff here to parse! ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ</p>
	</body>

	</html>';

	$dom_doc = new DOMDocument();
	$dom_doc->loadHtml($html);
	$dom_xpath = new DOMXpath($dom_doc);

	$message = "This is the message generated from the function";

	$updatedMsg = writeMsgToDoc($message, $dom_xpath);

	function writeMsgToDoc($message, $dom_xpath){
	$els = $dom_xpath->query("*/p[@id = 'thisP']");

	foreach ($els as $el){
	//echo "\n[". $el->nodeName. "]";
	$nodes = $el->childNodes;
	foreach ($nodes as $node){
	$newMessage = $node->nodeValue. "\n";
	return $newMessage;
	}
	}
	}
	?>

	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<title>Title</title>
	</head>
	<body>
	<p>Here's what was parsed:<?=$html?></p>
	<p>Post-parse = <?=$updatedMsg?></p>
	</body>

	</html>