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Asked: 2026-05-14T23:47:13+00:00

Here’s what I’m trying to do using the Wikipedia (MediaWiki) API – http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php Do

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Here’s what I’m trying to do using the Wikipedia (MediaWiki) API – http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php

  1. Do a GET on http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?format=xml&action=opensearch&search=%5Bkeyword%5D to retrieve a list of suggested pages for the keyword

  2. Loop through each suggested page using a GET on http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?format=json&action=query&export&titles=%5Bpage title]

  3. Extract any paragraphs found on the page into an array

  4. Do something with the array

I’m stuck on #3. I can see a bunch of JSON data that includes “\n\n” between paragraphs, but for some reason the PHP explode() function doesn’t work.

Essentially I just want to grab the “meat” of each Wikipedia page (not titles or any formatting, just the content) and break it by paragraph into an array.

Any ideas? Thanks!

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  1. Editorial Team

    The \n\n are literally those characters, not linefeeds. Make sure you use single quotes around the string in explode:

    $parts = explode('\n\n', $text);

    If you choose to use double quotes you’ll have to escape the \ characters like so:

    $parts = explode("\\n\\n", $text);

    On a side note: Why do you retrieve the data in two different formats? Why not go for only JSON or only XML?

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