public static function factory($artistOrMBID, $limit = 30)
{
if ($limit < 0) {
$limit = 30;
}
$a = new self();
if (preg_match('/^[a-z0-9]+-[a-z0-9]+-[a-z0-9]+-[a-z0-9]+-[a-z0-9]+$/', $artistOrMBID)) {
// Id
$a->getArtistInfoFromMusicBrainzId($artistOrMBID);
// similar artists
$a->getSimilarArtists($limit);
} else {
// Name
// Need to find ID
$a->getArtistInfoFromName($artistOrMBID);
$nameSimilarity = 0.0;
similar_text(strtolower($a->name), strtolower($artistOrMBID), $nameSimilarity);
$isNotMultiArtists = $nameSimilarity >= 65;
//strcasecmp($a->name, $artistOrMBID) === 0;
// Check if multiple artists in one artist name (eg. Frank Sinatra & Elivs Presley)
$names = preg_split("/[\\s]*[\\/\\,\\&]+[\\s]*/", $artistOrMBID);
if (!$isNotMultiArtists && count($names) >= 2 && !(count($names) == 2 && strcasecmp("the", $names[count($names) - 1]) === 0)) {
return self::createVariousArtistsInfo($names, $limit);
} else {
// similar artists for this artist
$a->getSimilarArtists($limit);
}
}
return $a;
}
