html2cell.php

<?php
	#html2cell is a function designed to parse html into arrays;
	function html2cell($html) {
		#parse what's inside the table
		if(eregi('<TABLE>(.*)</TABLE>', $html, $table_contents)) {
			#parse teh lines
			if(eregi('<TR>(.*)</TR>',$table_contents[1], $row_contents)) {
				#$row = explode('<TR>', $row_contents[0]);
				$row = spliti('<TR>', $row_contents[0]);
				$row = array_filter($row);#explode has this annoying habit of adding empty values
				foreach ($row as $rowi=>$a_row) {
					#remove </tr>
					$a_row = str_ireplace('</TR>', '', $a_row);
					#parse teh cells
					if(eregi('<TD>(.*)</TD>', $a_row, $cell_contents)) {
						$cells[$rowi] = spliti('<TD>', $cell_contents[1]);
						#remove emptyes
						$cells[$rowi] = array_filter($cells[$rowi]);
						#remove the /td
						$cells[$rowi] = array_filter($cells[$rowi]);
						foreach($cells[$rowi] as $col=>$a_cell) {
							$a_cell = str_ireplace('</TD>', '', $a_cell);
							$cells[$rowi][$col] = $a_cell;
							if($rowi>1) {
								$cells[$rowi][trim($cells[1][$col])] = $a_cell;
							}
						}
					} else {
						return ('No cells');
					}
				}
			} else {
				return ('No rows');
			}
		} else {
			return ('No html tables found');
		}
		return ($cells);
	}

	function html2array($html) {
		#parse what's inside the table
		if(eregi('<TABLE>(.*)</TABLE>', $html, $table_contents)) {
			#parse teh lines
			if(eregi('<TR>(.*)</TR>',$table_contents[1], $row_contents)) {
				#$row = explode('<TR>', $row_contents[0]);
				$row = spliti('<TR>', $row_contents[0]);
				$row = array_filter($row);#explode has this annoying habit of adding empty values
				foreach ($row as $rowi=>$a_row) {
					#remove </tr>
					$a_row = str_ireplace('</TR>', '', $a_row);

					#parse teh cells
					if(eregi('<TD>(.*)</TD>', $a_row, $cell_contents)) {
						$cells[$rowi] = spliti('<TD>', $cell_contents[1]);
						#remove emptyes
						$cells[$rowi] = array_filter($cells[$rowi]);
						#remove the /td
						$cells[$rowi] = array_filter($cells[$rowi]);
						foreach ($cells[$rowi] as $col=>$a_cell) {
							$a_cell = str_ireplace('</TD>', '', $a_cell);
							$cells[$rowi][$col] = $a_cell;
							if ($rowi>1) {
								$cells[$rowi][trim($cells[1][$col])] = $a_cell;
							}
						}
					} else {
						return ('No cells');
					}
				}
			} else {
				return ('No rows');
			}
		} else {
			return ('No html tables found');
		}
		return ($cells[2]);
	}
?>