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	stwalkerster
	Apr 8 2016, 7:43 PM

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	<?php

	ini_set("user_agent", 'ExampleProject/0.0 (wikimedia@stwalkerster.co.uk)');

	// bomb out early if no username specified
	if (!isset($_GET['username'])) {
	echo "No username specified!";
	return;
	}

	// get the API result as a JSON string
	$json = file_get_contents("https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&list=users&usprop=editcount&ususers=" . htmlspecialchars($_GET["username"]));

	// decode the JSON in to an associative array (second parameter enforces array rather than object)
	$conf = json_decode($json, true);

	// Use isset() to check if something is set - that way you don't get PHP Notices
	if (!isset($conf['query']['users']['0']) \|\| isset($conf['query']['users']['0']['missing'])) {
	echo "The user '" . htmlspecialchars($_GET["username"]) . "' does not exist.";
	} else {
	echo $conf['query']['users']['0']['editcount'];
	}