NexGen Now Playing PHP Sample Script

nexgen_xml_receiver.php

<?php

//GET XML data from RCS NexGen
//?nexgendata=ENCODEDXML

// The raw XML data sent from NexGen
$xml_raw = $_GET['nexgendata'];

// A simple way to convert the XML to an associative array
$xml_nexgen = json_decode(json_encode((array)simplexml_load_string($xml_raw)), 1);

// This array will store all the data
$data = array();

if(!empty($xml_nexgen['title']) && $xml_nexgen['title'] !== array()) {
    $data['title'] = (String)$xml_nexgen['title'];
}

if(!empty($xml_nexgen['artist']) && $xml_nexgen['artist'] !== array()) {
    $data['artist'] = (String)$xml_nexgen['artist'];
}

// The item number and cut number
$data['item_num'] = $xml_nexgen['number'];
$data['item_cut'] = $xml_nexgen['cut'];

// Duration is provided by NexGen as HH:MM:SS
$data['duration'] = (String)$xml_nexgen['length'];

// Timestamp is provided as MM/DD/YYYY
$data['date'] = (String)$xml_nexgen['played_date'];
$data['time'] = (String)$xml_nexgen['played_time'];

// Is the file is currently playing?
if($xml_nexgen['status'] == "Playing") {
    $data['played'] = "true";
} else {
    $data['played'] = "false";
}

// Write the data to a JSON file
file_put_contents("nexgen_now.xml", json_encode($data));

?>