[PHP] RSS Feed Integration - Help!

[ray_gillespie]

Right, the previous code to open in new windows didn't work but I've used the code from before that and just set the page default to open in a new window and that is working fine. I'm not sure what to modify in the code to get the DESCRIPTION to show up:

        if ($this->__in_item && $name == 'TITLE') {
            $this->__store['title'] = true;
        } elseif ($this->__in_item && $name == 'LINK') {
            $this->__store['link']  = true;
        } elseif ($this->__in_item && $name == 'DESCRIPTION') {
            $this->__store['desc']  = true;
        } elseif ($this->__in_item && $name == 'PUBDATE') {
            $this->__store['date']  = true;
        } else {
            $this->__store['title'] = false;
            $this->__store['link']  = false;
            $this->__store['desc']  = false;
            $this->__store['date']  = false;

I presume it's something to do with that but a lot of this is flying straight over my head :nervous:

Again, I can't thank you enough for your help.

 

[Geffy]

have you read my last post?? You shouldnt need to change anything in the file

 

[ray_gillespie]

Yeah I put that new code in but the descriptions still didn't appear? I get the following error:

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/4505250.stm

  • Cameron bids to mark new Tory era
    [*]Crime victim pay-outs face reform
    [*]Point-by-point: Question time
    [*]EU considers UK budget proposal
    [*]Press verdict on new Tory leader
    [*]Last election under feudal systemhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/4505250.stm

  Warning: file_get_contents(http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/uk_technology/rss.xml): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found in /home/bgrovecs/public_html/class.rss_parser.php on line 131
  

  • 
    Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/bgrovecs/public_html/test2.php on line 96

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/4505250.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/4505250.stm

 

[Geffy]

can you show me the code you are using in combination with the parser so that I can test and bugfix anything which is out of place.

edit - Just checking the URL http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/uk_technology/rss.xml it doesnt seem to point to anything. I get a 404 as is the script. Check the URL for the feed.

it would appear that the correct URL for the feed is here. I think it was me who first typed that URL, but that was just a guessed example based on the uk_politics/rss.xml feed address.
http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/technology/rss.xml

 

[ray_gillespie]

I've attached the entire code for that page, with the updated link to the technology section. I've also noticed that the last link in the RSS list is always the same and points to http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/81344.stm and I've tried changing the number of feeds to be displayed and always the last post points to that page. Weird.

 

[Geffy]

that is very strange indeed. Am checking over the parsing now will try to have a fixed version for you as soon as I can

[UPDATE] that was a very strange error indeed, a logic one which had some weird effects. The loop which operates to only store the max_entities amount of data into the storage array was constantly evaluating to true due to the way in which I had implemented the condition and the point at which new items were added to the array.

Version 1.7
- [bugfix] Logical error causing erroneous results for last returned item information

Version 1.6
- New Feature: debug information is now available post parsing.

Yep, thats right, jumped two versions. The original bugfix for 1.6 didnt operate properly, so this was reworked in v1.7

Christ I am just climbing that version ladder arent I. Now is that a good or a bad thing??

 

[ray_gillespie]

EDIT: It's all sorted, I've got it exactly as it should be! Thanks for all your help mate.

 

[poltomb]

Well, I have tried this but I cannot get the descriptions to work either. If you guys know how please tell me because I really like this script.

 

[raneonme]

This is a really great tool -- glad I came across this thread!

Is there an easy mod to this to pull in the entire body of each post, rather than simply the title/description type info? I'm trying to get a friend set up so that he can update his list of upcoming events in his blog in a single post, and then have that pulled via RSS feed into his website (he has no knowledge of HTML, no FTP/editing software, etc.).

Thanks for any help anyone can give me with this...

- Brian -

 

[Geffy]

The RSS description field contains the body of the content. Though the amount of the body which is provided within the description tag varies from feed to feed.

I might update this so that it is able to pull all of the standard fields out the feed though like category and so on.