@@ -396,16 +396,26 @@ This behavior is best illustrated with examples::
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Links
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~~~~~
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- To find a link by name (or a clickable image by its ``alt `` attribute), use
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- the ``selectLink() `` method on an existing crawler. This returns a ``Crawler ``
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- instance with just the selected link(s). Calling ``link() `` gives you a special
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- :class: `Symfony\\ Component\\ DomCrawler\\ Link ` object::
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-
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- $linksCrawler = $crawler->selectLink('Go elsewhere...');
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- $link = $linksCrawler->link();
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-
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- // or do this all at once
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- $link = $crawler->selectLink('Go elsewhere...')->link();
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+ Use the ``filter() `` method to find links by their ``id `` or ``class ``
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+ attributes and use the ``selectLink() `` method to find links by their content
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+ (it also finds clickable images with that content in its ``alt `` attribute).
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+ Both methods return a ``Crawler `` instance with just the selected link. Use the
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+ ``link() `` method to get the :class: `Symfony\\ Component\\ DomCrawler\\ Link ` object
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+ that represents the link::
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+ // first, select the link by id, class or content...
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+ $linkCrawler = $crawler->filter('#sign-up');
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+ $linkCrawler = $crawler->filter('.user-profile');
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+ $linkCrawler = $crawler->selectLink('Log in');
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+ // ...then, get the Link object:
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+ $link = $linkCrawler->link();
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+ // or do all this at once:
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+ $link = $crawler->filter('#sign-up')->link();
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+ $link = $crawler->filter('.user-profile')->link();
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+ $link = $crawler->selectLink('Log in')->link();
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The :class: `Symfony\\ Component\\ DomCrawler\\ Link ` object has several useful
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methods to get more information about the selected link itself::
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