# phpman > perldoc > HTML::Parse

## NAME
    [HTML::Parse](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AParse/markdown) - Deprecated, a wrapper around [HTML::TreeBuilder](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3ATreeBuilder/markdown)

## VERSION
    This document describes version 5.07 of [HTML::Parse](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AParse/markdown), released August 31, 2017 as part of
    HTML-Tree.

## SYNOPSIS
      See the documentation for [HTML::TreeBuilder](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3ATreeBuilder/markdown)

## 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](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AParser/markdown) and
    [HTML::TreeBuilder](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3ATreeBuilder/markdown) modules directly, instead.

    The "[HTML::Parse](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AParse/markdown)" module provides functions to parse HTML documents. There are two functions
    exported by this module:

### parse_html
        This function is really just a synonym for $obj->parse($html) and $obj is assumed to be a
        subclass of "[HTML::Parser](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AParser/markdown)". Refer to [HTML::Parser](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AParser/markdown) for more documentation.

        If $obj is not specified, the $obj will default to an internally created new
        "[HTML::TreeBuilder](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3ATreeBuilder/markdown)" object configured with strict_comment() turned on. That class implements
        a parser that builds (and is) a HTML syntax tree with [HTML::Element](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AElement/markdown) objects as nodes.

        The return value from parse_html() is $obj.

### parse_htmlfile
        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](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3ATreeBuilder/markdown)" object is created, the following variables control how parsing takes
    place:

    $[HTML::Parse::IMPLICIT_TAGS](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AParse%3A%3AIMPLICITTAGS/markdown)
        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](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AParse%3A%3AIGNOREUNKNOWN/markdown)
        This variable contols whether unknown tags should be represented as elements in the parse
        tree. Default is true.

    $[HTML::Parse::IGNORE_TEXT](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AParse%3A%3AIGNORETEXT/markdown)
        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](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AParse%3A%3AWARN/markdown)
        Call warn() with an appropriate message for syntax errors. Default is false.

REMEMBER!
    [HTML::TreeBuilder](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3ATreeBuilder/markdown) objects should be explicitly destroyed when you're finished with them. See
    [HTML::TreeBuilder](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3ATreeBuilder/markdown).

## SEE ALSO
    [HTML::Parser](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AParser/markdown), [HTML::TreeBuilder](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3ATreeBuilder/markdown), [HTML::Element](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AElement/markdown)

## 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.