README

Open source Bible API.

Installation & Setup

Instantiate SudoBible with your database credentials, and optional translation preference (default translation is the World English Bible, a modern, public-domain, English translation):

$oBible = new \RootXS\SudoBible([
	'db_host' => 'localhost',
	'db_user' => 'my_user',
	'db_pass' => 'my_super_secure_password',
	'db_name' => 'my_db',
	'translation' => 'ASV',
]);

Call the following method once when first setting up, then delete this code once your tables have been created:

$oBible->install();

Leaving this code in your application won't break anything. It will just cause your application to make several superfluous database queries each time it runs. Therefore, it is recommended to run this once and then remove it from your code.

Alternatively, you can manually run the queries found in the queries directory. Find the sub-directory for your database type (e.g., mysql) and first run the create scripts, in order. Then run the insert scripts.

Basic usage

Get a single verse:

$oPassage = $oBible->verse('John', 3, 16);

Get an entire chapter:

$oPassage = $oBible->chapter('John', 3);

Get a passage (supply beginning & end verses):

$oPassage = $oBible->ref('John', 3, 16, 17); // John 3:16-17
$oPassage = $oBible->ref('Hebrews', 5, 11, 6, 2); // Hebrews 5:11-6:2

Get one or more verses based on a topic:

$aPassages = $oBible->topic('church'); // returns an array of all related passages
$oPassage = $oBible->topic('church', true); // returns a single, random related passage

The SudoBiblePassage Object

verse(), chapter(), and ref() each return a SudoBiblePassage object which contains the requested passage and provides utilities for manipulating it.

Printing the passage

The SudoBiblePassage object employs the __toString() magic method, allowing you to simply echo or print the object.

echo $oBible->verse('John', 3, 16);

Output:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

Styling the passage

The SudoBiblePassage object provides a few methods for styling the string output.

$oPassage = $oBible->ref('John', 3, 16, 17)
	->numberVerses() // adds verse numbers to the passage string
	->useHTML(); // adds some HTML styling to the passage string
echo $oPassage;

Output:

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God didn't send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him. (John 3:16-17)

All of the styling methods accept a boolean parameter, so you can switch the styling off if it was previously turned on:

$oPassage->numberVerses(false);

The boolean flag defaults to true, so if you just want to turn the feature "on," no parameter is necessary.

Navigating the passage

The SudoBiblePassage object also provides a mechanism for proceding beyond the chosen passage:

$oPassage = $oBible->verse('John', 3, 16);
for ($i=0; $i<2; $i++) {
	echo $oPassage;
	$oPassage = $oPassage->nextVerse();
}

Deleting or refreshing the database

To delete the sudo_bible_* tables, run this once in your PHP code:

$oBible->uninstall();

Or, you can manually run the scripts found in queries/{DB_TYPE}/drop.

To refresh the tables (after an update to the SudoBible repo, for example), you can run this in your PHP:

$oBible->reinstall();

This simply combines uninstall() with install(). You may also manually run the query scripts in drop, create, and insert, in that order.