php - simplehtmldom how can i extract between two elements -

i'm using simple html dom parser this. basically, i'm trying extract <p> tags between <table class="first"> , <div class="second">:

<div id="main>    <table class="first">    <p>    <p>    <p>    <div class="second">    <p> </div> 

in case, there 3 <p>s, might 2 or one. <p> can have id or class. can point me in right direction?

unfortunately cannot done directly simple-html-dom...

a workarround start @ starting node (ie table.first) , following siblings (or nodes of type x [it's specify if needed]) untill end node (ie div.second)

here's working code: (i modified input valid html code)

$input =  <<<_data_     <div id="main">         <p>p1</p>          <table class="first">             <tr>                 <td>                     <p>pintable</p>                 </td>             </tr>         </table>          <p>p2</p>         <p>p3</p>         <p>p4</p>          <div class="second">mydiv</div>          <p>p5</p>     </div> _data_;  // create dom object $html = new simple_html_dom(); // load html string $html->load($input);  // starting node $startpoint = $html->find('table.first', 0);  // while current node has sibling while ( $next = $startpoint->next_sibling() ) {     // , long it's different end node => div.second     if ( $next->tag == 'div' && $next->class == 'second' )         break;     else{         // print content         echo $next->plaintext;         echo '<br/>';         // , move next node         $startpoint = $next;     } } 

output

p2 p3 p4