iTunes XML parser for PHP

A class to extract info, tracks and playlists from an iTunes XML file.

Original code copyright (c) 2003 by Robert A. Wallis. Dicked around with in 2005 by Peter Minarik, and in 2013 by Conan Theobald.

LGPL licensed: See LICENSE

About

A simple PHP class that will read an iTunes XML file and convert the info, tracks and playlists contained within into an array of objects.

Tracks can be matched to playlist-items by running the #processPlaylists() method after opening your XML file.

Supports sorting fields by string, number, and date.

Instructions

See example.php for a basic implementation.

require_once 'iTunesXMLparser.class.php';

$xml_path = 'iTunes playlist export.xml';

$itunes = new iTunesXMLParser();
$itunes->sort_field = 'Track ID';
$itunes->sort_direction = 'ascending';
$itunes->open( $xml_path );

/*
  "$itunes->data" is now available. print_r to see what's inside:
    print_r( $itunes->data );
*/

For conversion to JSON, I recommend using the jsbeautifier.org PHP port.

Credits

Based on work by:

• http://codetriangle.com/
• http://www.wirsindecht.org/

The original author, Robert A. Wallis, can be found here:

• https://plus.google.com/100955196044884930812/about