Title: IMDB ID Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # IMDB ID * Resolved [Film Complet En Francais](https://wordpress.org/support/users/film-complet-en-francais/) * (@film-complet-en-francais) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imdb-id/) * This code takes imdb movie id from custom field and uses it to print runtime. * ``` $imdbid = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(),'imdb-id',true); $connector_movie = get_imdb_connector_movie($imdbid); $minutes = $connector_movie["runtime"]; $minutes = preg_replace("'[^0-9]'", "", $minutes); $new_time = date("G:i:00", mktime(0, $minutes)); echo "Runtime: " . $new_time; ``` * This code works great, but when I choose an option to store movie cache in WordPress MySQL database it stops working and gives this message: `The movie tt2978462 could not be found. Please check your spelling.` What could be the problem? * BTW, thanks for an option not to cache posters!:) * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/imdb-connector/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/imdb-connector/) Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * Thread Starter [Film Complet En Francais](https://wordpress.org/support/users/film-complet-en-francais/) * (@film-complet-en-francais) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imdb-id/#post-5378228) * Code I provided doesn’t seem to work with v0.3, now it just prints 0:00:00 instead of actual movie runtime. Reverted to v0.2 and it works as it used to. * Plugin Author [thaikolja](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thaikolja/) * (@thaikolja) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imdb-id/#post-5378322) * Thanks for your comment. * A few things have changed in 0.3 as I’ve mentioned in the change note. It was necessary and will be a lot easier to use in the long run. * You didn’t mention how you put the data into the post meta field. Actually there’s not even a need to use post meta fields since the information is either stored on your server or in your database (if you activated caching). * When using database caching, the selected movie details will be downloaded and put into a get_option() called “imdb_connector_cache”. When you call the movie details the next time, it’ll first look through the database and only download the information if they haven’t been saved yet. * So instead of using post meta, you could just use the regular `get_imdb_connector_movie_detail( $movie_title, $detail)`. Note that the structure of the returned array has changed a little bit, especially the “runtime” value. It’s now an array containing “minutes”,“ hours” and “timestamp” ([see the documentation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imdb-id/www.koljanolte.com/wordpress/plugins/imdb-connector/?output_format=md#PHP functions)). * Thread Starter [Film Complet En Francais](https://wordpress.org/support/users/film-complet-en-francais/) * (@film-complet-en-francais) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imdb-id/#post-5378345) * I’m writing imdb id into post custom field manually when publishing a post, so the custom field is called `imdb-id` and the value is `tt2978462`. The reason I want to use imdb id instead of movie title is that my movie titles are in foreign language, which omdbapi doesn’t support if I’m right? * How would you change the code I provided to work with v0.3 so it prints runtime correctly instead of zeros? * Thread Starter [Film Complet En Francais](https://wordpress.org/support/users/film-complet-en-francais/) * (@film-complet-en-francais) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imdb-id/#post-5378349) * I understand the changes made, but my lack of understanding of PHP gives me trouble implementing it:/ * Plugin Author [thaikolja](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thaikolja/) * (@thaikolja) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imdb-id/#post-5378353) * No, it was my fault. I used a wrong variable at a crucial position in the code. I’ve just fixed it and updated the plugin. Please download the newest version and try again. * `print_r(get_imdb_connector_movie_detail("tt2978462", "runtime"));` * gives me: * > Array ( [timestamp] => 1412966859 [minutes] => 107 [hours] => 1:47 ) * Thread Starter [Film Complet En Francais](https://wordpress.org/support/users/film-complet-en-francais/) * (@film-complet-en-francais) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imdb-id/#post-5378354) * Now it’s working perfectly, thank you!:) * Thread Starter [Film Complet En Francais](https://wordpress.org/support/users/film-complet-en-francais/) * (@film-complet-en-francais) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imdb-id/#post-5378355) * BTW, let’s say I have thousands of movies on my website, which is the better way to store cache? As files or in database? * Plugin Author [thaikolja](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thaikolja/) * (@thaikolja) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imdb-id/#post-5378368) * Good question… I really don’t know. Both have advantages and disadvantages. But I know too little about that to tell you something reliable here :p Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) The topic ‘IMDB ID’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/imdb-connector_bac675.svg) * [IMDb Connector](https://wordpress.org/plugins/imdb-connector/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/imdb-connector/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/imdb-connector/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/imdb-connector/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/imdb-connector/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/imdb-connector/reviews/) * 8 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [thaikolja](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thaikolja/) * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imdb-id/#post-5378368) * Status: resolved