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title: str_get_html
---
# str_get_html
```php
str_get_html ( string $str [, 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 string and returns the DOM object.
| Parameter | Description
| --------- | -----------
| `str` | The HTML document string.
| `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.