RefLib

PHP module for managing a variety of citation reference libraries.

At present this library can read/write the following citation library formats:

• EndNote (XML)
• RIS
• CSV files
• MEDLINE (PubMed .nbib)

Installation

The easiest way to install is via Composer - composer require hashbang/reflib

If you wish to install without composer then download the source code, unzip it into a directory include the file in the normal way.

Examples

Read in EndNote XML

require('reflib.php');
$lib = new RefLib();
$lib->SetContentsFile('tests/data/endnote.xml');

print_r($lib->refs); // Outputs all processed refs in an associative array

Write EndNote XML

require('reflib.php');
$lib = new RefLib();
$lib->SetContentsFile('tests/data/endnote.xml'); // Read in content (or populate $lib->refs yourself)
$lib->GetContents('EndNote File.xml'); // Output file to the browser

File conversion

require('reflib.php');
$lib = new RefLib();
$lib->SetContentsFile('tests/data/endnote.xml'); // Read in content (or populate $lib->refs yourself)
$lib->GetContents('EndNote File.ris'); // Output file to the browser in RIS format