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Chilkat2 PHP
HTML Table to CSV
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Demonstrates a method for converting an HTML table to a CSV file.Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.77 or greater.
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<?php
use Chilkat2\BinData;
use Chilkat2\Csv;
use Chilkat2\HtmlToXml;
use Chilkat2\Http;
use Chilkat2\StringBuilder;
use Chilkat2\Xml;
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
// First download the HTML containing the table
$http = new Http();
$bdHtml = new BinData();
try {
$http->QuickGetBd('https://example-code.com/data/etf_table.html', $bdHtml);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
exit;
}
// Convert to XML.
$htx = new HtmlToXml();
$htx->SetHtmlBd($bdHtml);
$sbXml = new StringBuilder();
$htx->ToXmlSb($sbXml);
$xml = new Xml();
$xml->LoadSb($sbXml, true);
// Remove attributes and sub-trees we don't need.
// (In other words, we're getting rid of clutter...)
$numRemoved = $xml->PruneTag('thead');
$numRemoved = $xml->PruneAttribute('style');
$numRemoved = $xml->PruneAttribute('class');
// Scrub the element and attribute content.
$xml->Scrub('ContentTrimEnds,ContentTrimInside,AttrTrimEnds,AttrTrimInside');
// Let's see what we have...
echo $xml->GetXml(), "\n";
// We have the following XML.
// Copy this XML into the online tool at Generate Parsing Code from XML
// as a starting point for accessing the data..
/*
* <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
* <root>
* <html>
* <head>
* <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
* </head>
* <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
* <div>
* <div>
* <table role="grid" data-scrollx="true" data-sortdirection="desc" data-sorton="-1"/>
* </div>
* </div>
* <div>
* <table id="topHoldingsTable" role="grid" data-scrollx="true" data-sortdirection="desc" data-sorton="-1">
* <tbody>
* <tr role="row">
* <td>
* <text>ITUB4</text>
* </td>
* <td>
* <text>ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA</text>
* </td>
* <td>
* <text>Financials</text>
* </td>
* <td>
* <text>Brazil</text>
* </td>
* <td>
* <text>10.94</text>
* </td>
* <td>
* <text>998,954,813.73</text>
* </td>
* </tr>
* <tr role="row">
* <td>
* <text>BBDC4</text>
* </td>
* <td>
* <text>BANCO BRADESCO PREF SA</text>
* </td>
* <td>
* <text>Financials</text>
* </td>
* <td>
* <text>Brazil</text>
* </td>
* <td>
* <text>9.01</text>
* </td>
* <td>
* <text>822,164,622.75</text>
* </td>
* </tr>
* ...
* ...
* ...
* </tbody>
* </table>
* </div>
* </body>
* </html>
* </root>
*/
// This is the code generated by the online tool:
//
$table_role = '';
$table_data_scrollx = '';
$table_data_sortdirection = '';
$table_data_sorton = '';
$table_id = '';
$j = 0;
$count_j = 0;
$tr_role = '';
$k = 0;
$count_k = 0;
$text = '';
$i = 0;
$count_i = $xml->NumChildrenHavingTag('html|body|div');
while ($i < $count_i) {
$xml->I = $i;
$table_role = $xml->ChilkatPath('html|body|div[i]|div|table|(role)');
$table_data_scrollx = $xml->ChilkatPath('html|body|div[i]|div|table|(data-scrollx)');
$table_data_sortdirection = $xml->ChilkatPath('html|body|div[i]|div|table|(data-sortdirection)');
$table_data_sorton = $xml->ChilkatPath('html|body|div[i]|div|table|(data-sorton)');
$table_id = $xml->ChilkatPath('html|body|div[i]|table|(id)');
$table_role = $xml->ChilkatPath('html|body|div[i]|table|(role)');
$table_data_scrollx = $xml->ChilkatPath('html|body|div[i]|table|(data-scrollx)');
$table_data_sortdirection = $xml->ChilkatPath('html|body|div[i]|table|(data-sortdirection)');
$table_data_sorton = $xml->ChilkatPath('html|body|div[i]|table|(data-sorton)');
$j = 0;
$count_j = $xml->NumChildrenHavingTag('html|body|div[i]|table|tbody|tr');
while ($j < $count_j) {
$xml->J = $j;
$tr_role = $xml->ChilkatPath('html|body|div[i]|table|tbody|tr[j]|(role)');
$k = 0;
$count_k = $xml->NumChildrenHavingTag('html|body|div[i]|table|tbody|tr[j]|td');
while ($k < $count_k) {
$xml->K = $k;
$text = $xml->GetChildContent('html|body|div[i]|table|tbody|tr[j]|td[k]|text');
$k = $k + 1;
}
$j = $j + 1;
}
$i = $i + 1;
}
// Let's modify the above code to build the CSV.
$csv = new Csv();
$csv->SetColumnName(0, 'Ticker');
$csv->SetColumnName(1, 'Name');
$csv->SetColumnName(2, 'Sector');
$csv->SetColumnName(3, 'Country');
$csv->SetColumnName(4, 'Weight');
$csv->SetColumnName(5, 'Notional Vaue');
$i = 0;
$count_i = $xml->NumChildrenHavingTag('html|body|div');
while ($i < $count_i) {
$xml->I = $i;
$j = 0;
$count_j = $xml->NumChildrenHavingTag('html|body|div[i]|table|tbody|tr');
while ($j < $count_j) {
$xml->J = $j;
$k = 0;
$count_k = $xml->NumChildrenHavingTag('html|body|div[i]|table|tbody|tr[j]|td');
while ($k < $count_k) {
$xml->K = $k;
$csv->SetCell($j, $k, $xml->GetChildContent('html|body|div[i]|table|tbody|tr[j]|td[k]|text'));
$k = $k + 1;
}
$j = $j + 1;
}
$i = $i + 1;
}
$csv->SaveFile('qa_output/brasil_etf.csv');
$csvStr = $csv->SaveToString();
echo $csvStr, "\n";
// Our CSV looks like this:
// Ticker,Name,Sector,Country,Weight,Notional Vaue
// ITUB4,ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA,Financials,Brazil,10.94,"998,954,813.73"
// BBDC4,BANCO BRADESCO PREF SA,Financials,Brazil,9.01,"822,164,622.75"
// VALE3,CIA VALE DO RIO DOCE SH,Materials,Brazil,8.60,"785,290,260.07"
// PETR4,PETROLEO BRASILEIRO PREF SA,Energy,Brazil,5.68,"518,124,434.10"
// PETR3,PETROBRAS,Energy,Brazil,4.86,"443,254,438.53"
// B3SA3,B3 BRASIL BOLSA BALCAO SA,Financials,Brazil,4.57,"417,636,740.16"
// ABEV3,AMBEV SA,Consumer Staples,Brazil,4.57,"417,216,913.63"
// BBAS3,BANCO DO BRASIL SA,Financials,Brazil,3.25,"296,921,232.15"
// ITSA4,ITAUSA INVESTIMENTOS ITAU PREF SA,Financials,Brazil,2.90,"265,153,684.52"
// LREN3,LOJAS RENNER SA,Consumer Discretionary,Brazil,2.25,"205,832,175.98"
//