snap/bible-books

A simple PHP class for getting chapter and verse data on the books of the Bible.

0.1.1.x-dev 2015-06-20 23:49 UTC

Requires

• php: >=5.3

MIT

• Alex Fraundorf

README

06/20/2015 - version 0.1.1

This is a class containing an array of the books of the Bible with the number of chapters and verses in each along with some useful methods.

Installation:

Simply add "snap/bible-books": "0.1.*" to your composer.json file or download and manually require the file. Note: You will also need to add "minimum-stability": "dev" to your composer.json file.

Simple Usage:

// require the class file if you aren't using an autoloader
require_once('path/to/BibleBooks.php');
// create the object
$BibleBooks = new \Snap\BibleBooks\BibleBooks();
// get an array of the books
$books = $BibleBooks->getArrayOfBooks(); // a big array
// get the number of chapters in a book
$number_of_chapters = $BibleBooks->getNumberOfChapters('John'); // 21
// get an array of the chapters for a book
$chapters = $BibleBooks->getArrayOfChapters('John'); // a small array
// get the number of verses in a book's chapter
$number_of_verses = $BibleBooks->getNumberOfVerses('John', 3); // 36

I hope that this class is helpful for you. It it is, consider showing your appreciation by:

1. Letting me know about any errors you might find via a pull request
2. Sending me a kind word telling me how it helped you
3. Hiring me for your next PHP project

Thanks, enjoy, happy PHPing and God bless,

Alex Fraundorf

AlexFraundorf.com