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title: file_get_html
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# 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.