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duck7000 edited this page Aug 14, 2025 · 14 revisions

This describes the working of Chart class with description of the used method and what data it returns

Chart class get top250 or Most Popular lists of movie and tv shows releases like IMDb displays on their chart page: https://www.imdb.com/chart/
It returns a array of titles
Thumbnail width and height are now set in config, one setting for all methods!

Calling the class

$imdb = new \Imdb\Chart();
$results = $imdb->top250Title();

top250Title()

  • @parameter $listType
    This defines which type of list is return like movie or tv shows
    Default is set to movies
    Possible values for $listType:
* BOTTOM_100          (Overall IMDb Bottom 100 Feature List)
* TOP_250             (Overall IMDb Top 250 Feature List) (Default)
* TOP_250_TV          (Overall IMDb Top 250 TV List)

@ return Array[] of array

  [title] =>          (string) Breaking Bad
  [imdbid] =>         (string) 0903747
  [year] =>           (int)    2008
  [rank] =>           (int)    1
  [rating] =>         (float)  9.5
  [votes] =>          (int)    2178109
  [runtimeSeconds] => (int)    2700
  [runtimeText] =>    (string) 45m
  [imgUrl] =>         (string) (default 140x207, set in config)

top250Name()

  • This will get top250 Names list, it is similar as Most popular Names (IMDb calls this celebs)
  • IMDb does not have this list on their website

@ return Array[] of array

  •  [0] => Array

  •          [name] =>       (string) jenifer lopez

  •          [imdbid] =>     (string) 0903747

  •          [rank] =>       (int)1

  •          [credits] =>    (array)

  •              [0] => Actress

  •              [1] => Producer

  •              [2] => Director

  •              [3] => Writer

  •              [4] => Self

  •              [5] => Thanks

  •          [knownFor] =>   (array)

  •              [id] => 2258337

  •              [title] => Eega

  •              [year] => 2012

  •          [imgUrl] =>     (string) (140x207 set in config)

mostPopularName()

@ return Array[] of array

  •  [0] => Array

  •          [name] =>       (string) jenifer lopez

  •          [imdbid] =>     (string) 0903747

  •          [rank] =>       (int)1

  •          [credits] =>    (array)

  •              [0] => Actress

  •              [1] => Producer

  •              [2] => Director

  •              [3] => Writer

  •              [4] => Self

  •              [5] => Thanks

  •          [knownFor] =>   (array)

  •              [id] => 2258337

  •              [title] => Eega

  •              [year] => 2012

  •          [imgUrl] =>     (string) (140x207 set in config)

mostPopularTitle()

  • This will get most popular Titles
  • Adult content is included
  • @parameter $genreId (optional, omit for all genres) This filters the results on a genreId like "Horror"
 GenreIDs: Action, Adult, Adventure, Animation, Biography, Comedy, Crime,
 Documentary, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film-Noir, Game-Show,
 History, Horror, Music, Musical, Mystery, News, Reality-TV,
 Romance, Sci-Fi, Short, Sport, Talk-Show, Thriller, War, Western
 Those genreIds can also be used to create interests like this page:
 https://www.imdb.com/interest/in0000001/
  • @parameter $listType
    This defines which type of list is return like movie or tv shows
    Default is set to "MOST_POPULAR_MOVIES"
    Possible values for $listType:
LOWEST_RATED_MOVIES (Lowest Rated IMDb Bottom List)
MOST_POPULAR_MOVIES (Most Popular IMDb Movies List)
MOST_POPULAR_TV_SHOWS (Most Popular IMDb TV List)
TOP_RATED_MOVIES (Top Rated IMDb Movies List)
TOP_RATED_ENGLISH_MOVIES (Top Rated English IMDb Movies List)
TOP_RATED_TV_SHOWS (Top Rated IMDb TV List)

@ return Array[] of array

      [title] =>              (string) The Substance
      [imdbid] =>             (string) 17526714
      [year] =>               (int) 2024
      [runtimeSeconds] =>     (int) 8460
      [runtimeText] =>        (string) 2h 21m
      [rank] =>               (int) 1
      [genre] =>              (array) every index an genre
      [rating] =>             (float) 7.5
      [votes] =>              (int) 124556
      [imgUrl] =>             (string) (140x207 set in config)

topBoxOffice()

@ return Array[] of array

  •  [weekendStartDate] => 2024-11-29

  •  [weekendEndDate] => 2024-12-01

  •  [titles] => Array

  •      [0] => Array()

  •          [title] =>                  (string)

  •          [id] =>                     (string) 13622970

  •          [rating] =>                 (float) 7.1

  •          [votes] =>                  (int) 17669

  •          [LifetimeGrossAmount] =>    (int) 221000000

  •          [LifetimeGrossCurrency] =>  (string) USD

  •          [weekendGrossAmount] =>     (int) 135500000

  •          [weekendGrossCurrency] =>   (string) USD

  •          [weeksReleased] =>          (int)

  •          [imgUrl] =>                 (string)

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