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[DomCrawler] Document images crawler #4971

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25 changes: 22 additions & 3 deletions components/dom_crawler.rst
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print $domElement->nodeName;
}

Specialized :class:`Symfony\\Component\\DomCrawler\\Link` and
Specialized :class:`Symfony\\Component\\DomCrawler\\Link`,
:class:`Symfony\\Component\\DomCrawler\\Image` and
:class:`Symfony\\Component\\DomCrawler\\Form` classes are useful for
interacting with html links and forms as you traverse through the HTML tree.
interacting with html links, images and forms as you traverse through the HTML
tree.

.. note::

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~~~~~

To find a link by name (or a clickable image by its ``alt`` attribute), use
the ``selectLink`` method on an existing crawler. This returns a Crawler
the ``selectLink`` method on an existing crawler. This returns a ``Crawler``
instance with just the selected link(s). Calling ``link()`` gives you a special
:class:`Symfony\\Component\\DomCrawler\\Link` object::

Expand All @@ -327,6 +329,23 @@ methods to get more information about the selected link itself::
page suffixed with ``#foo``. The return from ``getUri()`` is always a full
URI that you can act on.

Images
~~~~~~

To find an image by its ``alt`` attribute, use the ``selectImage`` method on an
existing crawler. This returns a ``Crawler`` instance with just the selected
image(s). Calling ``image()`` gives you a special
:class:`Symfony\\Component\\DomCrawler\\Image` object::

$imagesCrawler = $crawler->selectImage('Kitten');
$image = $imagesCrawler->image();

// or do this all at once
$image = $crawler->selectImage('Kitten')->image();

The :class:`Symfony\\Component\\DomCrawler\\Image` object has the same
``getUri()`` method as :class:`Symfony\\Component\\DomCrawler\\Link`.

Forms
~~~~~

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