README

This library parses the info boxes on Wikipedia pages into an associative array.

Installation

The Wikipedia Info Box Parser package can be easily installed with Composer. Simply run the following command from the root of your project.

composer require jord-jd/wikipedia-info-box-parser

Usage

See the example usage below.

use JordJD\WikipediaInfoBoxParser\Enums\Format;
use JordJD\WikipediaInfoBoxParser\WikipediaInfoBoxParser;

require_once __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';

$infobox = (new WikipediaInfoBoxParser())
    ->setArticle('PHP')
    ->setFormat(Format::PLAIN_TEXT)
//  ->setFormat(Format::HTML)
    ->parse();

var_dump($infobox);

array(24) {
  ["logo"]=>
  string(12) "PHP-logo.svg"
  ["logo size"]=>
  string(5) "100px"
  ["caption"]=>
  string(32) "PHP: PHP Hypertext Preprocessors"
  ["file ext"]=>
  string(68) ".php, .phtml, .php3, .php4, .php5, .php7, .phps, .php-s, .pht, .phar"
  ["paradigm"]=>
  string(63) "Imperative, functional, object-oriented, procedural, reflective"
  ["released"]=>
  string(30) "1995; 24 years ago (1995)[1]"
  ["designer"]=>
  string(14) "Rasmus Lerdorf"
  ["developer"]=>
  string(43) "The PHP Development Team, Zend Technologies"
  ["Old Name"]=>
  string(24) "Personal Home Page (PHP)"
  ["latest release version"]=>
  string(8) "7.3.7[1]"
  ["latest release date"]=>
  string(40) "July 4, 2019; 10 days ago (2019-07-04)"
  ["latest preview version"]=>
  string(16) "7.4.0 alpha 3[1]"
  ["latest preview date"]=>
  string(40) "July 11, 2019; 3 days ago (2019-07-11)"
  ["typing"]=>
  string(13) "Dynamic, weak"
  ["[[ gradual typingGradual]]<ref>{{cite weburl"]=>
  string(178) "https://secure.php.net/manual/en/functions.arguments.php#functions.arguments.type-declaration.strict%7Ctitle=PHP: Function arguments - Manual|website=secure.php.net}}&lt;/ref&gt;"
  ["implementations"]=>
  string(45) "Zend Engine, HHVM, Phalanger, Quercus, Parrot"
  ["influenced"]=>
  string(4) "Hack"
  ["programming language"]=>
  string(34) "C (primarily; some components C++)"
  ["operating system"]=>
  string(18) "Unix-like, Windows"
  ["license"]=>
  string(59) "PHP License (most of Zend engine under Zend Engine License)"
  ["website"]=>
  string(11) "www.php.net"
  ["wikibooks"]=>
  string(15) "PHP Programming"
  ["_categories"]=>
  array(19) {
    [0]=>
    string(21) "Programming languages"
    [1]=>
    string(26) "Articles with example code"
    [2]=>
    string(33) "Class-based programming languages"
    [3]=>
    string(23) "Cross-platform software"
    [4]=>
    string(29) "Dynamic programming languages"
    [5]=>
    string(39) "Dynamically typed programming languages"
    [6]=>
    string(19) "Filename extensions"
    [7]=>
    string(31) "Free compilers and interpreters"
    [8]=>
    string(32) "High-level programming languages"
    [9]=>
    string(20) "Internet terminology"
    [10]=>
    string(37) "Object-oriented programming languages"
    [11]=>
    string(12) "PHP software"
    [12]=>
    string(3) "PHP"
    [13]=>
    string(32) "Procedural programming languages"
    [14]=>
    string(37) "Programming languages created in 1995"
    [15]=>
    string(19) "Scripting languages"
    [16]=>
    string(30) "Software using the PHP license"
    [17]=>
    string(35) "Text-oriented programming languages"
    [18]=>
    string(13) "1995 software"
  }
  ["_links"]=>
  array(500) {
    [0]=>
    string(23) ""Hello, World!" program"
    [1]=>
    string(6) "32-bit"
    [2]=>
    string(6) "64-bit"
    [3]=>
    string(26) "APL (programming language)"
    [4]=>
    string(7) "ASP.NET"
    [5]=>
    string(20) "Abstract Syntax Tree"
    [6]=>
    string(15) "Abstract method"
    [7]=>
    string(13) "Abstract type"
    [8]=>
    string(21) "Academic Free License"
    [9]=>
    string(7) "ActiveX"
    [10]=>
    string(19) "Active Server Pages"
    [11]=>
    string(11) "Adobe Flash"
    [12]=>
    string(18) "Ajax (programming)"
    [13]=>
    string(21) "Alternative PHP Cache"
    [14]=>
    string(35) "Alternative terms for free software"
    [15]=>
    string(19) "Amazon Web Services"
    [16]=>
    string(12) "Andi Gutmans"
    [17]=>
    string(15) "Andrei Zmievski"
    /* ... */
  }
}