Игорь Максимов

function parse($name){
    $array = array(
               '/\./'            =>'',
               '/( feat)(.*)/'   =>'',
               '/( Ft)(.*)/'     =>'',
               '/( ft)(.*)/'     =>'',
               '/( Feat)(.*)/'   =>'',
               '/( pres)(.*)/'   =>'',
               '/( Pres)(.*)/'   =>'',
               '/( vs)(.*)/'     =>'',
               '/( Vs)(.*)/'     =>''
    );
    $artist = preg_replace(array_keys($array),array_values($array),$name);
    $url = 'http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.getInfo&api_key=57ee3318536b23ee81d6b27e36997cde&artist='.$artist;
    $xml = @simplexml_load_file($url);
    $poster_def = "<img src=\"images/logo.png\"/>";

    if($xml === false || empty($xml->artist->image[3])) {
        return $poster_def;
    } 

    $poster_last  = $xml->artist[0]->image[3];
    $poster_name  = uniqid() . ".png";
    $poster_dir   = "images";
    $poster_pach  = $poster_dir . "/" . $poster_name;
    file_put_contents($poster_pach, file_get_contents($poster_last));

    return $xml->artist[0]->image[3];
}

$myVar = parse('cosmic gate');