How is it possible to get elements by class name in PHP (DOM selectors)?

Question

Apparently, in PHP, there are a few DOM selectors like getElementById and getElementsByTagName but not the class selector, getElementsByClassName that is in javaScript, but strangely, not in PHP. Now, I have made a project that has to use class selectors in order to locate the elements in that particular page's DOM, but nethertheless, considering there's no getElementsByClassName method in PHP; I can't complete my project correctly.

So, how is it possible to apply "get elements by class name" in the PHP Document Object Model(DOM)?

Any help would be appreciated!

you could use a `DOMXPath` query to target elements by tag and class quite easily — Professor Abronsius, Aug 28 '16 at 12:22
Possible duplicate of [Get Element by ClassName with DOMdocument() Method](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20728839/get-element-by-classname-with-domdocument-method) — u_mulder, Aug 28 '16 at 12:23

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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Use DOMXPath with a custom XPath query. See How can I find an element by CSS class with XPath?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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answered Aug 28 '16 at 12:24

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What's the use of answer which redirects to another answer? – u_mulder Aug 28 '16 at 12:25
@u_mulder The linked answer is about XPath in general, not how to use it with PHP's DOMDocument. – Shira Aug 28 '16 at 12:27

How is it possible to get elements by class name in PHP (DOM selectors)?

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