--- title: file_get_html --- # file_get_html ```php file_get_html ( string $url [, bool $use_include_path = false [, resouce $context = null [, int $offset = 0 [, int $maxLen = -1 [, bool $lowercase = true [, bool $forceTagsClosed = true [, string $target_charset = DEFAULT_TARGET_CHARSET [, bool $stripRN = true [, string $defaultBRText = DEFAULT_BR_TEXT [, string $defaultSpanText = DEFAULT_SPAN_TEXT ]]]]]]]]]] ) ``` Parses the provided file and returns the DOM object. | Parameter | Description | --------- | ----------- | `url` | Name or URL of the file to read. | `use_include_path` | See [`file_get_contents`](http://php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php#refsect1-function.file-get-contents-parameters) | `context` | See [`file_get_contents`](http://php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php#refsect1-function.file-get-contents-parameters) | `offset` | See [`file_get_contents`](http://php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php#refsect1-function.file-get-contents-parameters) | `maxLen` | See [`file_get_contents`](http://php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php#refsect1-function.file-get-contents-parameters) | `lowercase` | Forces lowercase matching of tags if enabled. This is very useful when loading documents with mixed naming conventions. | `forceTagsClosed` | Obsolete. This parameter is no longer used by the parser. | `target_charset` | Defines the target charset when returning text from the document. | `stripRN` | If enabled, removes newlines before parsing the document. | `defaultBRText` | Defines the default text to return for `
` elements. | `defaultSpanText` | Defines the default text to return for `` elements.