Get to Know QueryPath

Introduction to the QueryPath library

Author: M Butcher
Date: 2009-05-06 20:43:26 -0400

IBM's Developer Works has published a new article by Matt Butcher. This article is on QueryPath, a PHP library for working with HTML, XML, and HTTP in a simple, powerful, and robust way.

From the article:

HTML, HTTP, and XML are the undisputed triumvirate that form the backbone of Web technology. For the PHP developer, working with these can be frustrating. The new QueryPath library, a PHP cousin of the jQuery JavaScript library, offers an efficient API for working with XML, HTML, and HTTP. From Web pages to Web services, SVG to SPARQL, RDF to Atom, QueryPath provides a robust yet simple API for contemporary Web development in PHP. In this article, learn how to build QueryPath objects, and how to traverse and manipulate XML and HTML. Walk through an example that uses QueryPath to access a Web service (Twitter).

The article introduces QueryPath, providing an overview of the tools that come with this Open Source library.

An overview of working with HTML using QueryPath is available on the Technosophos blog.