PHP IMDb.com Grabber

This PHP library enables you to scrape data from IMDB.com.

This script is a proof of concept. It’s working, but you shouldn’t use it. IMDb doesn’t allow this method of data fetching. I do not use or promote this script. You’re responsible for using it.

The technique used is called “web scraping.”
Which means, if IMDb changes any of their HTML, the script is going to fail. I won’t update this on a regular basis, so don’t count on it to be working all the time.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Example Usage

<?php
include_once 'imdb.class.php';
$IMDB = new IMDB('Movie Title or IMDB URL');
if ($IMDB->isReady) {
    print_r($IMDB->getAll());
} else {
    echo 'Movie not found. 😞';
}

Available Methods

Get all available data

getAll()

Also Known As

getAka()

All local names

getAkas()

Aspect Ratio

getAspectRatio()

Awards

getAwards()

Budget

getBudget()

Cast

getCast($iLimit = 0, $bMore = true) - $iLimit defines the maximum amount of people returned, $bMore if “…” should be added to the string if needed

Cast Images

getCastImages($iLimit = 0, $bMore = true, $sSize = 'small', $bDownload = false) - $iLimit defines the maximum amount of people returned, $bMore if “…” should be added to the string if needed, $sSize defines the size of the cast image “small, mid and big”, $bDownload if the cast image should be downloaded or not

Cast (with links)

getCastAsUrl($iLimit = 0, $bMore = true, $sTarget = '') - $iLimit defines the maximum amount of people returned, $bMore if “…” should be added to the string if needed, $sTarget defines a target

Cast and Character

getCastAndCharacter($iLimit = 0, $bMore = true) - $iLimit defines the maximum amount of people returned, $bMore if “…” should be added to the string if needed

Cast and Character (with links)

getCastAndCharacterAsUrl($iLimit = 0, $bMore = true, $sTarget = '') - $iLimit defines the maximum amount of people returned, $bMore if “…” should be added to the string if needed, $sTarget defines a target

Certification

getCertification()

Color

getColor()

Company

getCompany()

Company (with links)

getCompanyAsUrl($sTarget = '') - $sTarget defines a target

Country

getCountry()

Country (with links)

getCountryAsUrl($sTarget = '') - $sTarget defines a target

Creator

getCreator()

Creator (with links)

getCreatorAsUrl($sTarget = '') - $sTarget defines a target

Description

getDescription()

Director

getDirector()

Director (with links)

getDirectorAsUrl($sTarget = '') - $sTarget defines a target

Distributor

getDistributor($iLimit = 0, $bMore = true) - $iLimit defines the maximum amount of distributors returned, $bMore if “…” should be added to the string if needed

Distributor (with links)

getDistributorAsUrl($sTarget = '') - $sTarget defines a target

Episode

getEpisodeTitle() - returns the episode title of the tv show

Genre

getGenre()

Genre (with links)

getGenreAsUrl($sTarget = '') - $sTarget defines a target

Gross

getGross() to get cumulative worldwide gross

Language

getLanguage()

Language (with links)

getLanguageAsUrl($sTarget = '') - $sTarget defines a target

Location

getLocation()

Location (with links)

getLocationAsUrl($sTarget = '') - $sTarget defines a target

MPAA

getMpaa()

Metacritics

getMetaCritics() - returns all critic reviews

Metascore

getMetaScore() - returns the average score and number of votes based on metacritic.

Music Composer

getMusic()

Music Composer (with links)

getMusicAsUrl($sTarget = '') - $sTarget defines a target

Plot

getPlot($iLimit = 0) - $iLimit defines the maximum characters returned

Plot Keywords

getPlotKeywords()

Poster

getPoster($sSize = 'small', $bDownload = true) - $sSize defines small or big poster size, $bDownload if the poster should be downloaded or not

Rating

getRating()

Release Date

getReleaseDate()

Release Dates

getReleaseDates() returning all release dates for each country

Runtime

getRuntime()

Seasons

getSeasons()

Seasons (with links)

getSeasonsAsUrl($sTarget = '') - $sTarget defines a target

Sound Mix

getSoundMix()

Tagline

getTagline()

Title

getTitle($bForceLocal = false) - $bForceLocal tries to return the original name of the movie

Trailer

getTrailerAsUrl($bEmbed = false) - $bEmbed defines if you want to link to player directly or not.

TVInfo

getTVInfo() - returns an array of all season/episodes of a tv show (includes plot/rating/votes/airdate).

Type

getType() - returns the type of the title (movie, tv episode, tv series)

Url

getUrl()

User Review

getUserReview()

Votes

getVotes()

Writer

getWriter()

Writer (with links)

getWriterAsUrl($sTarget = '') - $sTarget defines a target

Year

getYear()

Bugs?

If you run into any malfunctions, feel free to submit an issue. Make sure to enable debugging: const IMDB_DEBUG = true; in imdb.class.php.