Dynamic RSS

[Jez]

Does anyone have any experience of creating dynamic RSS feeds from a
database using PHP?

There's loads of information about RSS, but not much on RSS/PHP.

I'm sure it can't be too difficult, but I'm struggling to create a
file that's usable.

Thanks!

Jez

[André Næss]

Re: Dynamic RSS

Jez:
[color=blue]
> Does anyone have any experience of creating dynamic RSS feeds from a
> database using PHP?
>
> There's loads of information about RSS, but not much on RSS/PHP.
>
> I'm sure it can't be too difficult, but I'm struggling to create a
> file that's usable.[/color]

I've never looked at RSS, but AFAIK it's just XML, so all you need to do is
generate XML, which is text, which means that

echo "<xml>$hell o</xml>";

is about as complicated as it gets.

André Næss

[furry]

Re: Dynamic RSS

It never ceases to amaze me that people don't do a simple google search
for what they're looking for before posting a message in a newsgroup.

If you type "php rss feed class" into google, you're first entry will be:

http://cvs.geeklog.net/chora/co.php/geeklog-1.3/system/classes/rss.feed.class.php

"Jez" <jez.hailwood@b tinternet.com> wrote in message
news:ad15f8ee.0 311060511.86159 3d@posting.goog le.com...
Does anyone have any experience of creating dynamic RSS feeds from a
database using PHP?

There's loads of information about RSS, but not much on RSS/PHP.

I'm sure it can't be too difficult, but I'm struggling to create a
file that's usable.

Thanks!

Jez

[Fred]

Re: Dynamic RSS

>> Does anyone have any experience of creating dynamic RSS feeds from a[color=blue][color=green]
>> database using PHP?
>>
>> There's loads of information about RSS, but not much on RSS/PHP.
>>
>> I'm sure it can't be too difficult, but I'm struggling to create a
>> file that's usable.[/color]
>
>I've never looked at RSS, but AFAIK it's just XML, so all you need to do is
>generate XML, which is text, which means that[/color]

Don't know if this will help but there is an article about how to create an RSS
Feed at http://www.softwaremarketingresource.com/article18.html
Fred

[Hastur Batato]

Re: Dynamic RSS

furry (48.983% quality rating):[color=blue]
>
> If you type "php rss feed class" into google, you're first entry will be:
>
> cvs.geeklog.net/chora/co.php/geeklog-1.3/system/classes/rss.feed.class. php[/color]

ew.

Just do it directly, without objects, like God intended.

/joe
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[Jez]

Re: Dynamic RSS

André Næss <andrena.spamre allysucks@ifi.u io.no> wrote in message news:<bodk1o$r8 t$2@maud.ifi.ui o.no>...[color=blue]
> Jez:
>[color=green]
> > Does anyone have any experience of creating dynamic RSS feeds from a
> > database using PHP?
> >
> > There's loads of information about RSS, but not much on RSS/PHP.
> >
> > I'm sure it can't be too difficult, but I'm struggling to create a
> > file that's usable.[/color]
>
> I've never looked at RSS, but AFAIK it's just XML, so all you need to do is
> generate XML, which is text, which means that
>
> echo "<xml>$hell o</xml>";
>
> is about as complicated as it gets.
>
> André Næss[/color]

My problem seems to be that a file with the .php extension won't
validate as RSS. An identical file with the .xml extension works
perfectly, but obviously that means I can't use php!

When looking through google (and I did do a fairly extensive search) I
found that people were using PHP to create an XML file on their server
via a cron job, but I can't understand why it's not possible to use
the php file as the feed because the output 'should' be valid xml ...
or perhaps not? Maybe it's something to do with headers?

I must be missing something here and any help would be gratefully
received!

Thanks!

Jez

PS. Afraid I haven't got my head round classes yet.

[Jez]

Re: Dynamic RSS

André Næss <andrena.spamre allysucks@ifi.u io.no> wrote in message news:<bodk1o$r8 t$2@maud.ifi.ui o.no>...[color=blue]
> Jez:
>[color=green]
> > Does anyone have any experience of creating dynamic RSS feeds from a
> > database using PHP?
> >
> > There's loads of information about RSS, but not much on RSS/PHP.
> >
> > I'm sure it can't be too difficult, but I'm struggling to create a
> > file that's usable.[/color]
>
> I've never looked at RSS, but AFAIK it's just XML, so all you need to do is
> generate XML, which is text, which means that
>
> echo "<xml>$hell o</xml>";
>
> is about as complicated as it gets.
>
> André Næss[/color]

Hmmmm, could be something to do with the fact that php doesn't like the ?>
in <?xml version="1.0" ?>

Maybe?

[Hastur Batato]

Re: Dynamic RSS

Raekwon, speaking through Jez, wrote:[color=blue]
>
> Hmmmm, could be something to do with the fact that php doesn't like the ?>
> in <?xml version="1.0" ?>[/color]

My very bare-bones RSS script (which is a .php file) starts like this:

<?php

include("common .php");

header("Content-Type: text/xml");

echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" ?>\n";
echo "<!-- RSS generation done by phat_joe -->\n";
echo "<rss version=\"0.91\ ">\n";
echo "\t<channel>\n" ;

It has no parsing problems, and I haven't had problems accessing it as
an RSS feed.

To the original poster, are you using the proper Content-Type?

/joe
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[Hastur Batato]

Re: Dynamic RSS

Hastur Batato, obviously a huge fan of John Linnell, wrote:[color=blue]
>
> To the original poster, are you using the proper Content-Type?[/color]

Wait, I was replying to the original poster already :)

/joe
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[vKp]

Re: Dynamic RSS

Jez wrote:[color=blue]
> André Næss <andrena.spamre allysucks@ifi.u io.no> wrote in message news:<bodk1o$r8 t$2@maud.ifi.ui o.no>...
>[color=green]
>>Jez:
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>>Does anyone have any experience of creating dynamic RSS feeds from a
>>>database using PHP?
>>>
>>>There's loads of information about RSS, but not much on RSS/PHP.
>>>
>>>I'm sure it can't be too difficult, but I'm struggling to create a
>>>file that's usable.[/color]
>>
>>I've never looked at RSS, but AFAIK it's just XML, so all you need to do is
>>generate XML, which is text, which means that
>>
>>echo "<xml>$hell o</xml>";
>>
>>is about as complicated as it gets.
>>
>>André Næss[/color]
>
>
> Hmmmm, could be something to do with the fact that php doesn't like the ?>
> in <?xml version="1.0" ?>
>
> Maybe?[/color]

Yeah, escape that:

<?php echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?".">"; ?>

Also, be sure to set the content-type to application/rss+xml

[Manuel Lemos]

Re: Dynamic RSS

Hello,

On 11/06/2003 11:11 AM, Jez wrote:[color=blue]
> Does anyone have any experience of creating dynamic RSS feeds from a
> database using PHP?[/color]

You may want to try this class that does exactly what you need:

http://www.phpclasses.org/rsswriter

--

Regards,
Manuel Lemos

Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP

http://www.phpclasses.org/

[Jez]

Re: Dynamic RSS

vKp <asso101@hotmai l.com> wrote in message news:<boeafd$o4 $1@newsg1.svr.p ol.co.uk>...[color=blue]
> Jez wrote:[color=green]
> > André Næss <andrena.spamre allysucks@ifi.u io.no> wrote in message news:<bodk1o$r8 t$2@maud.ifi.ui o.no>...
> >[color=darkred]
> >>Jez:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Does anyone have any experience of creating dynamic RSS feeds from a
> >>>database using PHP?
> >>>
> >>>There's loads of information about RSS, but not much on RSS/PHP.
> >>>
> >>>I'm sure it can't be too difficult, but I'm struggling to create a
> >>>file that's usable.
> >>
> >>I've never looked at RSS, but AFAIK it's just XML, so all you need to do is
> >>generate XML, which is text, which means that
> >>
> >>echo "<xml>$hell o</xml>";
> >>
> >>is about as complicated as it gets.
> >>
> >>André Næss[/color]
> >
> >
> > Hmmmm, could be something to do with the fact that php doesn't like the ?>
> > in <?xml version="1.0" ?>
> >
> > Maybe?[/color]
>
> Yeah, escape that:
>
> <?php echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?".">"; ?>
>
> Also, be sure to set the content-type to application/rss+xml[/color]

Nice one! Breaking up the ? and > has solved it!

Thanks everyone for your help.

Jez