Parse values from a websites HTML cant use XML

[scrupul0us]

I know u can use XML stuff todo this when theres detailed or unique tags, but in this case i dont think that applies:

<table>
<tr>
<th class="header" colspan="2">AVG Free for Windows installation files</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="header">File</th>
<th class="header">Version</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="normal">
<a href="http://free.grisoft.com/softw/70free/setup/avg71free_392a744.exe">avg71free_392a744.exe</a>
</td>
<td class="normal">7.1.392</td>
</tr>
</table>

Snippet from the massive html from the site

I need the link and the version #(in this case it is 7.1.392)

[samudasu]

You can use the DOM (php5) or DOM xml (php4) functions to get both of those values. If the structure of the table doesn't change (besides the url and version) it should be really easy. The link below has a few examples in the user contributed notes.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.dom-domdocument-loadhtmlfile.php

[scrupul0us]

ill have to toy around and google for some better examples.... thanks for a push in the right direction