crwlr/html-2-text

Convert HTML to formatted plain text.

v0.1.2 2024-11-06 17:55 UTC

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Last update: 2024-12-06 18:13:17 UTC


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HTML to formatted Plain Text

This easy-to-use package helps you to convert HTML to formatted plain text.

Demo

use Crwlr\Html2Text\Html2Text;

$html = <<<HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head><title>Example Website Title</title></head>
<body>
    <script>console.log('test');</script>
    <style>#app { background-color: #fff; }</style>
    <article>
        <h1>Article Headline</h1>
        <h2>A Subheading</h2>

        <p>Some text containing <a href="https://www.crwl.io">a link</a>.</p>

        <ul>
            <li>list item</li>
            <li>another list item</li>
            <li>and one more
                <ul>
                    <li>second level
                        <ul>
                            <li>third level</li>
                        </ul>
                    </li>
                </ul>
            </li>
        </ul>

        <table>
            <thead>
            <tr><th>column 1</th><th>column 2</th><th>column 3</th></tr>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
            <tr><td>value 1</td><td>value 2</td><td>value 3</td></tr>
            <tr><td>value 1</td><td colspan="2">value 2 + 3</td></tr>
            <tr><td colspan="2">value 1 and 2</td><td>value 3</td></tr>
            <tr><td>value 1</td><td>value 2</td><td>value 3</td></tr>
            </tbody>
        </table>
    </article>
</body>
</html>
HTML;

$text = Html2Text::convert($html);

The resulting text:

# Article Headline

## A Subheading

Some text containing [a link](https://www.crwl.io).

* list item
* another list item
* and one more
  * second level
    * third level

| column 1 | column 2 | column 3 |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| value 1  | value 2  | value 3  |
| value 1  | value 2 + 3         |
| value 1 and 2       | value 3  |
| value 1  | value 2  | value 3  |

Documentation

You can find the full documentation at crwlr.software.

Contributing

If you consider contributing something to this package, read the contribution guide (CONTRIBUTING.md).