PHP Loop Function with different parameters - php

Question

I have a function which queries an api and outputs the response as an array. I can run this function once and then I can echo the array output.
But problem for me is, I can call this function once and have output. But I'd like to loop through these function parameters and call it for multiple usernames. Example:
<?php
require("./include/function.php");
$Player=fetchCharacterDescriptions("Senaxx", "2");
echo "<tr>";
echo "<th class=\"col-md-3\">" . $Player[0]['username'] . "</th>";
foreach ( $Player as $var )
{
echo "<th class=\"col-md-3\">",$var['class']," ",$var['light'],"</th>";
}
echo "</tr>";
echo "</thead>";
echo "</table>";
?>
And this call's the function fetchCharacterDescriptions in function.php which is:
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', '1');
$hash = array(
'3159615086' => 'Glimmer',
'1415355184' => 'Crucible Marks',
'1415355173' => 'Vanguard Marks',
'898834093' => 'Exo',
'3887404748' => 'Human',
'2803282938' => 'Awoken',
'3111576190' => 'Male',
'2204441813' => 'Female',
'671679327' => 'Hunter',
'3655393761' => 'Titan',
'2271682572' => 'Warlock',
'3871980777' => 'New Monarchy',
'529303302' => 'Cryptarch',
'2161005788' => 'Iron Banner',
'452808717' => 'Queen',
'3233510749' => 'Vanguard',
'1357277120' => 'Crucible',
'2778795080' => 'Dead Orbit',
'1424722124' => 'Future War Cult',
'2033897742' => 'Weekly Vanguard Marks',
'2033897755' => 'Weekly Crucible Marks',
);
function translate($x)
{
global $hash;
return array_key_exists($x, $hash) ? $hash[$x] : null;
}
//BungieURL
function callBungie($uri)
{
$apiKey = '145c4aff30864167ac4548c02c050679';
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $uri);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
'X-API-Key: ' . $apiKey
));
if (!$result = json_decode(curl_exec($ch) , true))
{
$result = false;
}
curl_close($ch);
return $result;
}
//Request Player
function fetchPlayer($username, $platform)
{
$result = false;
$uri = 'http://www.bungie.net/Platform/Destiny/SearchDestinyPlayer/' . $platform . '/' . $username;
$json = callBungie($uri);
if (isset($json['Response'][0]['membershipId']))
{
$result = array(
'membershipId' => $json['Response'][0]['membershipId'],
'membershipType' => $platform
);
}
return $result;
}
//Request characters
function fetchCharacters($username, $platform)
{
$result = array();
if($player = fetchPlayer($username, $platform)) {
$uri = 'http://bungie.net/Platform/Destiny/'.$player['membershipType'].'/Account/'.$player['membershipId'].'?ignorecase=true';
if( $json = callBungie($uri) ) {
foreach ($json['Response']['data']['characters'] as $character) {
$result[] = $character;
}
}
}
return $result;
}
//Request character descriptions
function fetchCharacterDescriptions($username, $platform)
{
$character_descriptions = array();
if($characters = fetchCharacters($username, $platform)) {
foreach ($characters as $character) {
$class = translate($character['characterBase']['classHash']);
$emblem = $character['emblemPath'];
$backgroundpath = $character['emblemPath'];
$level = $character['characterLevel'];
$character_id = $character['characterBase']['characterId'];
$light = $character['characterBase']['stats']['STAT_LIGHT']['value'];
$username = $username;
$character_descriptions[] = array(
'class'=> $class,
'emblem'=> $emblem,
'backgroundpath'=>$backgroundpath,
'character_id' => $character_id,
'characterlevel' => $level,
'light' => $light,
'username' => $username
);
}
return $character_descriptions;
}
return false;
}
?>
So my function call is: fetchCharacterDescriptions("Senaxx", "2"); and i'd like to add more players to this (from an array or something) So i can request the stats for multiple usernames.

Answer 1

You just have to loop over the players an perform fetchCharacterDescriptions for each of them.
$players = array(
"Senaxx" => "2",
"SomeoneElse" => "2",
);
foreach ($players as $playerName => $platformId) {
$Player = fetchCharacterDescriptions($playerName, $platformId);
// do your other stuff
}
Keep in mind that your webpage will load veeery slow because every call to fetchCharacterDescriptions() executes 2 curl requests. Also - if the API is down, your site effectivly is as well (or blank at least).
You are probably better off fetching the data beforehand (in certain intervalls) and storing it into a database/csv file or something.