Class: MD_Core

A class containing core functions used to connect and fetch data from OMDb API.

Properties

• get_api_key()

  • no parameters
    • Returns: If set, the user's personal API key. If no key has been set, the constant MD_DEFAULT_API_KEY will be used which contains the key 38c8f7d6

• get_api_url($title_or_imdb_id, $api_key, $encode_url)

  • $title_or_imdb_id (string): Movie title or corresponding ID on IMDb.com
  • $api_key (string): The required API key. Default: $this->get_api_key()
  • $encode_url (bool): Default: false
    • Returns (string): API URL with implemented API key and movie title/ID to fetch movie details

• get_api_data($title_or_imdb_id, $options)

  • $title_or_imdb_id (string): Movie title or corresponding ID on IMDb.com
  • $options (array): Default: array()
    • Returns (string): Raw JSON containing all movie details

• get_encoded_api_data($title_or_imdb_id, $options, $output)

• • $title_or_imdb_id(string): Movie title or corresponding ID on IMDb.com
  • $options (array): Additional options
    • encode_url (bool): Encode the URL. Default: false
  • $output (string): Output type. Default: "object"
    • Returns (array | object): Movie details as array or object

• test_api_key($api_key)
  • $api_key (string): API key to test connection to OMDb API. Default: $this->get_api_key()
  • Returns (bool): true if connection has been established, false if not.

Example

Retrieves movie details, encodes it into an array and displays the keys and values.

<?php
   $class_core     = new MD_Core();
   $movie_title    = "Taken";
   $json_api_data  = $class_core->get_api_data($movie_title);
   $array_api_data = json_encode($json_api_data, true);

   foreach($array_api_data as $name => $value) {
      ?>
      <p>
         The value of <?php echo $name; ?> is <?php echo $value; ?>.
      </p>
      <?php
   }