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Is there a regexp to parse out all inputs from an html form? Ideally it
will give out the input field names and their values. If nothing ready
is available, would regexp be a good choice here?


<form action="/process.php">
<label for="fname">First name:</label><br>
<input type="text" id="fname" name="fname" value="John"><br>
<label for="lname">Last name:</label><br>
<input type="text" id="lname" name="lname" value="Doe"><br><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
<input ...>
</form>

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On 7/31/2025 6:11 PM, saito wrote:

Is there a regexp to parse out all inputs from an html form?-a Ideally it

Please ignore. I found something that I can work with.
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Am 01.08.2025 um 01:00 schrieb saito:

On 7/31/2025 6:11 PM, saito wrote:

Is there a regexp to parse out all inputs from an html form?-a Ideally it

Please ignore. I found something that I can work with.

tdom is your friend. Now also for JSON.
It also translates all the &uuml; etc...

Harald
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Harald Oehlmann <wortkarg3@yahoo.com> wrote:

Am 01.08.2025 um 01:00 schrieb saito:

On 7/31/2025 6:11 PM, saito wrote:

Is there a regexp to parse out all inputs from an html form?-a
Ideally it

Please ignore. I found something that I can work with.

tdom is your friend. Now also for JSON.
It also translates all the &uuml; etc...

Yes, best to use a proper HTML/XML parser. While one can craft a regex
to "parse" one specific given HTML form, it is impossible to write a
regex that will parse any given HTML form.

https://codica.dev/read/why-regex-fails-at-parsing-html-and-what-to-do-instead-1f4ace53

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On 8/1/2025 11:18 AM, Rich wrote:

Harald Oehlmann <wortkarg3@yahoo.com> wrote:

tdom is your friend. Now also for JSON.
It also translates all the &uuml; etc...

Yes, best to use a proper HTML/XML parser. While one can craft a regex
to "parse" one specific given HTML form, it is impossible to write a
regex that will parse any given HTML form.

Thank you both! Learned something useful about tdom in the process.
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