---
title: Creating HTML DOM objects
---
## Functional
```php
// Create a DOM object from a string
$html = str_get_html('Hello!');
// Create a DOM object from a URL
$html = file_get_html('http://www.google.com/');
// Create a DOM object from a HTML file
$html = file_get_html('test.htm');
```
## Object Oriented
```php
// Create a DOM object
$html = new simple_html_dom();
// Load HTML from a string
$html->load('Hello!');
// Load HTML from a URL
$html->load_file('http://www.google.com/');
// Load HTML from a HTML file
$html->load_file('test.htm');
```