PHP class with a bunch of functions to retrieve app details, ratings, reviews and rankings from the App Store
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Armed with nothing more then an App ID, you can pull a ton of information about the app from the App Store. Reviews, ratings, app details, ranking information and more! With a User ID you can also retrieve a users rating history!
include ("appstore.inc.php");
$appID = "577499909"; // Angry Birds
$country = "US"; // App Store to get data from
$_APPSTORE = new APPSTORE($appID, $country);
$arrReviews = $_APPSTORE->reviewsForPage(0);
$appName = $_APPSTORE->appName();
$appIcon = $_APPSTORE->appIcon();
$appDeveloper = $_APPSTORE->appDeveloper();
$appTotalStars = $_APPSTORE->appTotalStars();
$appTotalRatings = $_APPSTORE->appTotalRatings();
$appCurrentStars = $_APPSTORE->appCurrentStars();
$appCurrentRatings = $_APPSTORE->appCurrentRatings();
$appCategoryName = $_APPSTORE->appCategoryName();
$appCategoryID = $_APPSTORE->appCategoryID();
$appRankCategory = $_APPSTORE->appRankCategory();
$appRankCategoryGrossing = $_APPSTORE->appRankCategoryGrossing();
Here is a screenshot of example_app.php running on an iPhone, with Angry Birds set as the appID
include ("appstore.inc.php");
$userID = "243443889"; // SirGerman3
// Download the users 30 most recent reviews
$_APPSTORE = new APPSTORE();
$arrReviews = array();
for ($x = 0; $x < 5; $x++) {
$arrReviewPage = $_APPSTORE->userReviewsForPage($userID, $x);
if (sizeof($arrReviewPage) == 0) {
break;
} else {
$arrReviews = array_merge($arrReviews, $arrReviewPage);
}
}
Here is a screenshot of example_user.php running on an iPhone, with SirGerman3 set as the userID
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