Rasher's Toolbox - lastfm

mixed lastfm_recent(string user) -- Retrieve a user's recent tracks from last.fm

Description

No description available. See source for details.

Example

<?php $tracks = lastfm_recent('USERNAME'); echo $tracks['artist'].' - '.$tracks['name']; ?>

This will output:

matchbox twenty - Disease

Source


<?php
function lastfm_recent($user) {
    $url = sprintf('http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/1.0/user/%s/recenttracks.xml', urlencode($user));
    $xml = new XMLReader();
    if (@$xml->open($url)) {
        $ret = array();
        while ($xml->read()) {
            switch($xml->nodeType) {
                case XMLReader::ELEMENT:
                    /* Start elements */
                    $element = $xml->name;
                    switch($xml->name) {
                        case 'track':
                            $track = array();
                            break;
                        case 'date':
                            $track['date_uts'] = $xml->getAttribute('uts');
                            break;
                        case 'artist':
                            $track['artist_mbid'] = $xml->getAttribute('mbid');
                            break;
                    }
                    break;
                case XMLReader::END_ELEMENT:
                    /* End elements */
                    switch($xml->name) {
                        case 'track':
                            $ret[] = $track;
                            break;
                    }
                    break;
                case XMLReader::TEXT:
                    /* Text nodes */
                    $track[$element] = $xml->value;
                    break;
            }
        }
        $xml->close();
    }
    else {
        $ret = false;
    }
    return $ret;
}
?>