[Solved] Getting simple_html_dom to work with CI?

[eluser]sophistry[/eluser]
remember to call this helper using the helper function syntax rather than the library (object) syntax:

Code:

$html = file_get_html($next_page);

NOT this:

Code:

$html = $this->simple_html_dom->file_get_html($next_page);

also, if you want to customize your http request this library allows you to take advantage of stream context support. for example, if you want to name your scraper or provide a cookie or choose a language or set a timeout:

Code:

// Create a stream
$opts = array('http'=>array('method'=>"GET",'header'=>"Accept-language: en\r\n"."Cookie: foo=bar\r\n",'user_agent'=>'simple_html_dom'));
$context = stream_context_create($opts);

$html = file_get_html('http://codeigniter.com',FALSE,$context);