---
name: "HTML::Parse"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-html-tree"
version: "5.07-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/HTML::Parse"
---

# HTML::Parse(3pm)

Deprecated, a wrapper around HTML::TreeBuilder

## NAME

HTML::Parse - Deprecated, a wrapper around HTML::TreeBuilder

## VERSION

This document describes version 5.07 of HTML::Parse, released August 31, 2017 as part of HTML-Tree.

## SYNOPSIS

```
  See the documentation for HTML::TreeBuilder
```

## DESCRIPTION

Disclaimer: This module is provided only for backwards compatibility with earlier versions of this library.  New code should *not* use this module, and should really use the HTML::Parser and HTML::TreeBuilder modules directly, instead.

The `"HTML::Parse"` module provides functions to parse HTML documents. There are two functions exported by this module:

- parse\_html($html) or parse\_html($html, $obj)

  This function is really just a synonym for `$obj`-\>parse($html) and `$obj` is assumed to be a subclass of `"HTML::Parser"`.  Refer to HTML::Parser for more documentation.

  If `$obj` is not specified, the `$obj` will default to an internally created new `"HTML::TreeBuilder"` object configured with **strict\_comment()** turned on.  That class implements a parser that builds (and is) a HTML syntax tree with HTML::Element objects as nodes.

  The return value from **parse\_html()** is `$obj`.

- parse\_htmlfile($file, \[$obj\])

  Same as **parse\_html()**, but pulls the HTML to parse, from the named file.

  Returns `"undef"` if the file could not be opened, or `$obj` otherwise.

When a `"HTML::TreeBuilder"` object is created, the following variables control how parsing takes place:

- $HTML::Parse::IMPLICIT\_TAGS

  Setting this variable to true will instruct the parser to try to deduce implicit elements and implicit end tags.  If this variable is false you get a parse tree that just reflects the text as it stands. Might be useful for quick & dirty parsing.  Default is true.

  Implicit elements have the **implicit()** attribute set.

- $HTML::Parse::IGNORE\_UNKNOWN

  This variable contols whether unknow tags should be represented as elements in the parse tree.  Default is true.

- $HTML::Parse::IGNORE\_TEXT

  Do not represent the text content of elements.  This saves space if all you want is to examine the structure of the document.  Default is false.

- $HTML::Parse::WARN

  Call **warn()** with an appropriate message for syntax errors.  Default is false.

## REMEMBER!

HTML::TreeBuilder objects should be explicitly destroyed when you're finished with them.  See HTML::TreeBuilder.

## SEE ALSO

HTML::Parser, HTML::TreeBuilder, HTML::Element

## AUTHOR

Current maintainers:

- •

  Christopher J. Madsen `"<perl AT cjmweb.net>"`

- •

  Jeff Fearn `"<jfearn AT cpan.org>"`

Original HTML-Tree author:

- •

  Gisle Aas

Former maintainers:

- •

  Sean M. Burke

- •

  Andy Lester

- •

  Pete Krawczyk `"<petek AT cpan.org>"`

You can follow or contribute to HTML-Tree's development at \<https://github.com/kentfredric/HTML-Tree\>.

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 1995-1998 Gisle Aas, 1999-2004 Sean M. Burke, 2005 Andy Lester, 2006 Pete Krawczyk, 2010 Jeff Fearn, 2012 Christopher J. Madsen.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The programs in this library are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.