GiantBomb API - PHP to get release's multiplayer, resolutions and controls.

GB_API-GetMultiResControls.php

<?php 

function relextra($html, $end, &$pos){
    $buf = GetBetween($html, '<dd', '>'.$end, $pos);
    return stripos($buf, '"yes"') !== false;
}

function relextracheck($releaseId, $categoryId, $html, $end, &$pos){
    $nowhave = relextra($html, $end, $pos);
    echo(strip_tags($end).' is turned '.($nowhave ? 'on' : 'off').' within giantbomb and the releaseId '.
    $releaseId.' and the categoryId: '.$categoryId.'<br/>');
}

function extrainfo(){
    $releaseID = 5; // this is the ID of our game within our database, not giantbomb
    $giantReleaseId = 102897; // this is the id of the release within giantbomb
    $url = 'http://www.giantbomb.com/anything-here-all-right/3030-31709/releaseInfo/?id='.
    $giantReleaseId;

    $buf = @file_get_contents($url);

    if ($buf && ($json = json_decode($buf))){
        $html = $json->html;
        
        $pos = 0;
        
        echo('Qnt of YES in html: '.substr_count($html, '"yes"').'<br/>');
        
        // pegando resoluções
        $resbuf = GetBetween($html, 'Supported Resolutions</th>', '/td>', $pos);
        $res = EasyBetween($resbuf, '<td>', '<');
        
        $resarr = array();
        
        if (stripos($res, 'N/A') === false)
            $resarr = explode(',', $res);
        else
            echo('Sem resolução: '.$res);
        
        foreach ($resarr as $res){
            $res = trim($res);

            // what I did here was:
            // 1 - Check if the resolution exists
            // 1.1 No - Add it
            // 2 - Check if the resolution is attached to the release
            // 2.1 No - Add it
        }
        
        // What I do down here is check every item of multiplayer and controls.
        // the idea is to create an array with the ID of that item within my database as the key
        // and the html part to check as the value of the array
        // agora yes/no para controles
        
        $controles = array(
            400 => 'Camera support',
            401 => 'Voice control',
            405 => 'Motion control',
            406 => 'Driving wheel',
            410 => 'Flightstick',
            412 => 'PC gamepad',
            413 => 'Head tracking'
        );
        
        foreach ($controles as $cat_cod => $block)
            relextracheck($releaseID, $cat_cod, $html, $block, $pos);
        
        // agora yes/no para multiplayer
        
        $multiplayer = array(        
            945 => 'Local co-op',            
            946 => 'LAN co-op',            
            949 => 'Online co-op',            
            960 => 'Local competitive',            
            961 => 'LAN competitive',            
            962 => 'Online competitive',            
            963 => 'Local splitscreen',            
            964 => 'Online splitscreen',            
            965 => 'Pass and play',            
            966 => 'Voice chat',            
            967 => 'Asynchronous multiplayer'        
        );
        
        foreach ($multiplayer as $cat_cod => $block)
            relextracheck($releaseID, $cat_cod, $html, $block, $pos);
    }
}
    
function GetBetween($str, $begtext, $endtext, &$from){
    $beglen = strlen($begtext);
    $ini = stripos($str, $begtext, $from);
    
    if ($ini === false)
        return false;
    
    $inipluslen = $ini + $beglen;
    $end = stripos($str, $endtext, $inipluslen);
    
    if ($ini !== false && $end !== false){
        $from = $end + strlen($endtext);    
        return trim(substr($str, $inipluslen, $end - $inipluslen));
    }
    
    return false;
}
    
function EasyBetween($str, $begtext, $endtext, $from=0){
    
    $beglen = strlen($begtext);
    $ini = stripos($str, $begtext, $from);
    
    if ($ini === false)
        return false;
    
    $inipluslen = $ini + $beglen;
    $end = stripos($str, $endtext, $inipluslen);
    
    if ($ini !== false && $end !== false){
        $from = $end + strlen($endtext);
        return trim(substr($str, $inipluslen, $end - $inipluslen));
    }
    
    return false;
}

?>

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