topical media & game development

topical media & game development

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alt-bot-lib-rss.php / php


  <?php
  /*

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# # LIB_rss # # This library provides routines useful when working with RSS feeds # #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # FUNCTIONS # # download_parse_rss( $target)
# Downloads and parses rss data
#
# display_rss_array($ rss_array) # Displays a parsed news feed # # strip_cdata_tags() # Removes cdata[] tags from strings # #-----------------------------------------------------------------------

********************************************************************* download_parse_rss( $target)
-------------------------------------------------------------
DESCRIPTION:
Downloads and parses a RSS web site
INPUT:$ target The web address of the RSS feed RETURNS: The parsed RSS feed *********************************************************************


  
  function download_parse_rss( $target)
      {
      # download tge rss page$ news = http_get( $target, "");
      
      # Parse title & copyright notice$ rss_array['TITLE'] = return_between( $news['FILE'], "$ <title>", "</title>", EXCL);
      rss_array['COPYRIGHT'] = return_between( $news['FILE'], "$ <copyright>", "</copyright>", EXCL);
  
      # Parse the items
      item_array = parse_array( $news['FILE'], "$ <item>", "</item>");
      for(xx=0;  $xx$ <count(item_array);  $xx++)
          {$ rss_array['ITITLE'][ $xx] = return_between($ item_array[ $xx], "$ <title>", "</title>", EXCL);
          rss_array['ILINK'][ $xx] = return_between($ item_array[ $xx], "$ <link>", "</link>", EXCL);
          rss_array['IDESCRIPTION'][ $xx] = return_between($ item_array[ $xx], "$ <description>", "</description>", EXCL);
          rss_array['IPUBDATE'][ $xx] = return_between($ item_array[ $xx], "$ <pubDate>", "</pubDate>", EXCL);
          }
  
      return rss_array;
      }

********************************************************************* display_rss_array( $rss_array)
-------------------------------------------------------------
DESCRIPTION:
Displays parsed RSS data
INPUT:$ target The web address of the RSS feed RETURNS: Sends results to the display device *********************************************************************


  
  function display_rss_array( $rss_array)
      {?>$ <table border="0">
          <!-- Display the article title and copyright notice -->    
          <tr><td><font size="+1"><b><?echo strip_cdata_tags(rss_array['TITLE'])?></b></font></td></tr>
          <tr><td><?echo strip_cdata_tags( $rss_array['COPYRIGHT'])?>$ </td></tr>
  
          <!-- Display the article descriptions and links -->    
          <?for(xx=0;  $xx$ <count(rss_array['ITITLE']);  $xx++)
              {?>$ <tr>
                  <td>
                      <b><?echo strip_cdata_tags(rss_array['ITITLE'][ $xx])?>$ </b>
                      </a>
                  </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                  <td><?echo strip_cdata_tags(rss_array['IDESCRIPTION'][ $xx])?>$ </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                  <td><font size="-1"><?echo strip_cdata_tags(rss_array['IPUBDATE'][ $xx])?>$ </font></td>
              </tr>
            <?}?>
      </table>
    <?}

********************************************************************* strip_cdata_tags(string) ------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION: Removes CDDATA tags from a string INPUT: $string
Text containing CDDATA tags
RETURNS:
Returns a string free of CDDATA tags
*********************************************************************$


  
  function strip_cdata_tags(string)
      {
      # Strip XML CDATA characters from all array elements
       $string = str_replace("<![CDATA[", "",$ string);
       $string = str_replace("]]>", "",$ string);
      return  $string;
      }  
    ?>$

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