PHP code example of mfonte / imdb-scraper

    
        
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

/* Start to develop here. Best regards https://php-download.com/ */

    

mfonte / imdb-scraper example snippets

use Mfonte\ImdbScraper\Imdb;
use Mfonte\ImdbScraper\Exceptions\NoSearchResults;
use Mfonte\ImdbScraper\Exceptions\MultipleSearchResults;

// Create an IMDb scraper instance
$imdb = Imdb::new(['locale' => 'en']);

// Fetch movie details using best match
$movie = $imdb->movie('The Godfather');

// Output some details
echo $movie->title;  // The Godfather
echo $movie->year;   // 1972
echo $movie->plot;   // "The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control..."

// When using movie(), tvSeries(), movieByYear(), or tvSeriesByYear(), catch exceptions!
try {
    $movie = $imdb->movie('The Godfather');
} catch (NoSearchResults $e) {
    echo 'No results found!';
} catch (MultipleSearchResults $e) {
    echo 'Multiple results found!';
}

// you can also fetch a Title by its IMDB ID
$item = $imdb->id('tt0068646');
echo $item->title;  // The Godfather

// you can also only search for results
$results = $imdb->search('godfather');

use Mfonte\ImdbScraper\Imdb;

// Enable caching and use Italian locale
$imdb = Imdb::new([
    'cache' => true,
    'locale' => 'it'
]);

// Fetch a localized movie
$movie = $imdb->movie('La ricerca della felicità');
echo $movie->title;  // La ricerca della felicità

use Mfonte\ImdbScraper\Imdb;

// Fetch the best match for a movie title
$movie = Imdb::new()->movie('godfather');
echo $movie->id;       // tt0068646
echo $movie->title;    // The Godfather
echo $movie->year;     // 1972

use Mfonte\ImdbScraper\Imdb;

// Fetch a movie by title and year
$movie = Imdb::new()->movieByYear('from dusk dawn', 1996);
echo $movie->id;       // tt0116367
echo $movie->title;    // From Dusk Till Dawn
echo $movie->year;     // 1996

        use Mfonte\ImdbScraper\Imdb;
        use Mfonte\ImdbScraper\Exceptions\NoSearchResults;

        $imdb = Imdb::new(['locale' => 'en']);

        try {
            $movie = $imdb->movie('nonexistent title');
        } catch (NoSearchResults $e) {
            echo 'No results found for the query.';
        }
        

        use Mfonte\ImdbScraper\Imdb;
        use Mfonte\ImdbScraper\Exceptions\MultipleSearchResults;

        $imdb = Imdb::new(['locale' => 'en']);

        try {
            $movie = $imdb->movie('godfather');
        } catch (MultipleSearchResults $e) {
            echo 'Multiple results found for the query.';
        }
        

        use Mfonte\ImdbScraper\Imdb;
        use Mfonte\ImdbScraper\Exceptions\BadMethodCall;

        $imdb = Imdb::new(['locale' => 'en']);

        try {
            $movie = $imdb->id('invalid_id');
        } catch (BadMethodCall $e) {
            echo 'Invalid IMDb ID provided.';
        }
        

use Mfonte\ImdbScraper\Imdb;

$imdb = Imdb::new(['locale' => 'en']);

$movie = $imdb->id('tt0110912'); // Pulp Fiction IMDb ID

echo $movie->title;  // Pulp Fiction
echo $movie->year;   // 1994

use Mfonte\ImdbScraper\Imdb;

$imdb = Imdb::new(['locale' => 'en']);

$results = $imdb->search('godfather');
foreach ($results as $result) {
    echo $result->title . " (" . $result->year . ")" . PHP_EOL;
}

$imdb = Imdb::new(['cache' => true]);
$movie = $imdb->movie('Inception');

$imdb = Imdb::new(['locale' => 'it']);
$movie = $imdb->movie('Pursuit Happyness');
echo $movie->title;  // La ricerca della felicità