Oxford Dictionaries PHP API Wrapper

PHP wrapper to communicate with the Oxford Dictionary API. This wrapper will only work with V2 of the oxford API.

Features

• Easily obtain definitions, derivatives, origins, example text, phonetics, lexical entries and audio pronunciations for a specified word
• Error reporting and handling

New Features (V2)

• Better error reporting/handling
• Iterate through result sets (where words have more than 1 definition eg 'bark')

To Do

• Add thesaurus support
• Add translation support

How to

• Check the word.php file to see how to implement the Oxford Dictionary V2 API => oxford-dictionary-api.php or follow the instructions below:

1. Get your free Oxford Dictionary API and APP keys from https://developer.oxforddictionaries.com/
2. To use V2 of their API you must register either a Developer or Prototype account (Prototype is free)
3. Include the oxford-dictionary-api.php file using include_once './oxford-dictionary-api.php';
4. Initialise a new instance of the dictionary: $dictionary = new dictionary("YOUR APP ID", "YOUR APP KEY", "LANGUAGE");
5. For a list of supported languages please see https://developer.oxforddictionaries.com/documentation/languages
6. Pass a word to the dictionary: $dictionary->newDictionaryRequest("pizza");
7. Choose the result set to use (this step is optional. If not used, the default (first) result set will be used) $dictionary->changeResultSet(1);
8. Use the class functions to return data: echo $dictionary->definition;