--- 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.