In simple_html_dom how do I find first-level <divs> within div.classname

I'm using simple_html_dom
I have some html in a php var $text:

<div class="aClass">
  <div>
    ...some html
    <div class="anotherClass">
      ..more html
    </div>
  </div>
  <div>
    ...some html
    <div class="anotherClass">
      ..more html
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

I know I can select the outermost div with $text->find("div.aClass")
Instead I want to select all the first level divs within that div so I can process them as part of a foreach loop
Something like:

foreach ($text->find("div.aClass div") as $myDiv) {
// do stuff with $myDiv
}

but that seems to select all divs, including those with class="anotherClass"

Any help much appreciated - thanks!

Solution

You can use then child combinator selector > which selects only the elements that are direct children of a parent.

div.aClass > div

For example

$html = <<<HTML
<div class="aClass">
  <div>
    ...some html
    <div class="anotherClass">
      ..more html
    </div>
  </div>
  <div>
    ...some html
    <div class="anotherClass">
      ..more html
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
HTML;

$text = str_get_html($html);

foreach ($text->find("div.aClass > div") as $myDiv) {
    echo $myDiv->innertext() . PHP_EOL;
}

Output

 ...some html     <div class="anotherClass">       ..more html     </div>   
 ...some html     <div class="anotherClass">       ..more html     </div>