PHP get cell content -

i want retrieve php contents of table cell file. code, retrieve contents of all cells of row.

$url = 'folder/mypage.php'; $content = file_get_contents($url); $first_step = explode('<tr id="foo">' , $content ); $second_step = explode('</tr>' , $first_step[1] );  echo $second_step[0]; 

how retrieve particular cell ? (the second, example...)

$url = 'folder/mypage.php'; $content = file_get_contents($url);  //ugly code !...doesn't work !  $first_step = explode('<tr id="foo"><td[1]' , $content ); $second_step = explode('</td></tr>' , $first_step[1] );  echo $second_step[0]; 

thanks.nicolas.

i have found solution !! second explode </td> , not </tr> :

$url = 'folder/mypage.php'; $content = file_get_contents($url); $first_step = explode('<tr id="' . $ref . '">' , $content ); $second_step = explode('</td>' , $first_step[1] );  echo $second_step[1]; // show content of second cell echo $second_step[5]; // show content of sixth cell // etc...  // "$ref" loop foreach in list of elements 

i did not want use library doing (like simple_html_dom : 1800 lines of code , watch file !! heavy.)

with solution, it's working charm ! i'm happy..:-) [solved]. nicolas