How to get a div via PHP?

Question

I get a page using file_get_contents from a remote server, but I want to filter that page and get a DIV from it that has class \"text\" using PHP. I started with

Answer 1

Personally, I like Simple HTML Dom Parser.

include "lib.simple_html_dom.php"

$html = file_get_html('http://scrapeyoursite.com');
$html->find('div.text')->plaintext;

Pretty simple, huh? It accommodates selectors like jQuery :)