simplehtmldom_1_5\simple_html_dom_node::text PHP Method

    function text()
    {
        if (isset($this->_[HDOM_INFO_INNER])) {
            return $this->_[HDOM_INFO_INNER];
        }
        switch ($this->nodetype) {
            case HDOM_TYPE_TEXT:
                return $this->dom->restore_noise($this->_[HDOM_INFO_TEXT]);
            case HDOM_TYPE_COMMENT:
                return '';
            case HDOM_TYPE_UNKNOWN:
                return '';
        }
        if (strcasecmp($this->tag, 'script') === 0) {
            return '';
        }
        if (strcasecmp($this->tag, 'style') === 0) {
            return '';
        }
        $ret = '';
        // In rare cases, (always node type 1 or HDOM_TYPE_ELEMENT - observed for some span tags, and some p tags) $this->nodes is set to NULL.
        // NOTE: This indicates that there is a problem where it's set to NULL without a clear happening.
        // WHY is this happening?
        if (!is_null($this->nodes)) {
            foreach ($this->nodes as $n) {
                $ret .= $this->convert_text($n->text());
            }
            // If this node is a span... add a space at the end of it so multiple spans don't run into each other.  This is plaintext after all.
            if ($this->tag == "span") {
                $ret .= $this->dom->default_span_text;
            }
        }
        return $ret;
    }