OMDb-PHP-API

A wrapper for the OMDb API that gets movie info from IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes.

How to use

//Init OMDb
$omdb = new OMDb();

//Set parameters, include data from Rotten Tomatoes and show full plot
$omdb->setParams( ['tomatoes' => TRUE, 'plot' => 'full'] );

//Only set one parameter, the movie has to be from 2015
$omdb->setParam( 'y', 2015 );

//Get by title
$movie = $omdb->get_by_title( 'Pulp Fiction' );

//Get by IMDb id
$movie = $omdb->get_by_id( 'tt0057012' );

//Search for (multiple) movies
//ignores the params plot and tomatoes
$movie = $omdb->search( 'James Bond' );

Parameters for the constructor (can be left empty)

$omdb = new OMDb($params = [], $timeout = 5, $date_format = 'Y-m-d');

params: has to be an array, see API parameters for parameter reference
timeout: cURL/request timeout in seconds
date_format: http://php.net/manual/function.date.php and NULL for UNIX time

API parameters

Parameter	Valid Options	Default value	Description
type	movie, series, episode	NULL	Type of result
y		NULL	Year of release
plot	short, full	short	Plot-length, ignored when you use the search-method
tomatoes	TRUE, FALSE	FALSE	Include Rotten Tomatoes, ignored when you use the search-method

Methods

//Returns array(Title, Year, imdbID, Type, ...)
$omdb->get_by_title( 'title' );
$omdb->get_by_id( 'tt[0-9]' );

//Returns array(
//      'Search' => array(Title, Year, imdbID, Type), array(...)
//             )
$omdb->search( 'Search term' );

Errors

This class throws exceptions if you for instance sends a string to a function that's expecting an array. If the API runs in to some error I have choosen not to throw an exception. You will have to implent it yourself.

You can check for API errors if the value of the key 'Response' is TRUE or if the key 'Error' exists in the result.

Example:

$omdb->get_by_title( 'gasdgasdgadgasdgasdg' );

//Returns
array(
    'Response' => FALSE,
    'Error' => 'Movie not found!'
);

Output example

array (size=34)
  'Title' => string 'Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
  'Year' => string '1964'
  'Rated' => string 'PG'
  'Released' => string '1964-01-29'
  'Runtime' => int 95
  'Genre' =>
    array (size=2)
      0 => string 'Comedy'
      1 => string 'War'
  'Director' => string 'Stanley Kubrick'
  'Writer' =>
    array (size=4)
      0 => string 'Stanley Kubrick (screenplay)'
      1 => string 'Terry Southern (screenplay)'
      2 => string 'Peter George (screenplay)'
      3 => string 'Peter George (based on the book: "Red Alert" by)'
  'Actors' =>
    array (size=4)
      0 => string 'Peter Sellers'
      1 => string 'George C. Scott'
      2 => string 'Sterling Hayden'
      3 => string 'Keenan Wynn'
  'Plot' => string 'An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.'
  'Language' =>
    array (size=2)
      0 => string 'English'
      1 => string 'Russian'
  'Country' =>
    array (size=2)
      0 => string 'USA'
      1 => string 'UK'
  'Awards' => string 'Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 4 nominations.'
  'Poster' => string 'http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTU2ODM2NTkxNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTMwMzU3Mg@@._V1_SX300.jpg'
  'Metascore' => int 96
  'imdbRating' => float 8.5
  'imdbVotes' => int 291737
  'imdbID' => string 'tt0057012'
  'Type' => string 'movie'
  'tomatoMeter' => int 99
  'tomatoImage' => string 'certified'
  'tomatoRating' => float 9
  'tomatoReviews' => int 68
  'tomatoFresh' => int 67
  'tomatoRotten' => int 1
  'tomatoConsensus' => string 'Stanley Kubrick's brilliant Cold War satire remains as funny and razor-sharp today as it was in 1964.'
  'tomatoUserMeter' => int 94
  'tomatoUserRating' => float 4.2
  'tomatoUserReviews' => int 204995
  'DVD' => string '02 Nov 2004'
  'BoxOffice' => null
  'Production' => string 'Sony Pictures'
  'Website' => null
  'Response' => boolean true

Thanks to Brian Fritz, the author of OMDb APIs
The API webpage http://www.omdbapi.com/

This PHP wrapper is made by Rasmus Lindroth