Version: 1.0
Type: Full Script
Category: Other
License: Other
Description: A class to list the latest RSS feeds news sites. I have included a caching facility, this is important to have. Most sites that allow you to list their news items will probably ask that you cache the pages for at least half an hour, it,s only polite to conform with this.
The feeds I tested were the ones in the test area of the file and some others RSS v0.91, v2, RDF. They all worked fine however if you find anything let me know and I will make the time for alterations.
<?php /* +--------------------------------------------------+ | Author: Allan Irvine <[email protected]> | +--------------------------------------------------+ | Date: WED 03 MARCH 2004 | +--------------------------------------------------+ | Origin: Scotland, United kingdom | +--------------------------------------------------+ | Script: newsReader.php | +--------------------------------------------------+ | No License | | free to use for personal and commercial purposes | +--------------------------------------------------+ */ //+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ // CHANGES //--------------------------------------------------- // Added a property $ampReplace, this is a quick fix // it is used to replace ampersands bfore php get a hold of // the rss file, and replace it once PHP has dealt with it // I was getting lines split by an ampersand, pointed out by // Mathew Clark of Divergent Systems, cheers. // I will need to address this later on as I deem this fix // as a bit of a kludge, not nice. // Allan Irvine <[email protected]> // 29th April 2004 //---------------------------------------------------- // //++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ class newsReader{ var $content = array(); var $openTag = array(); var $closeTag = array(); var $currentTag; var $rss; var $level; var $startCollecting; var $wantedElements; var $cacheData; var $ampReplace; function newsReader(){ $this->rss = xml_parser_create(); xml_set_object($this->rss, $this); xml_parser_set_option($this->rss,XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING,1); xml_set_element_handler($this->rss,_startElement,_endElement); xml_set_character_data_handler($this->rss,_parseData); $this->wantedElements['CHANNEL'] = array("TITLE","DESCRIPTION","LINK","IMAGES"); $this->wantedElements['IMAGE'] = array("URL"); $this->wantedElements['ITEM'] = array("TITLE","DESCRIPTION","LINK"); } function _findLevel($n){ if(eregi("(CHANNEL)|(IMAGE)|(ITEM)",$n,$regs)){ $this->level = $regs[0]; } } function _startToCollect($n){ $this->startCollecting = (@in_array($n,$this->wantedElements[$this->level]))?1:0; } function _startElement($t,$name,$attribs){ $this->currentTag = $name; $this->_findLevel($name); $this->_startToCollect($name); if($this->startCollecting){ $this->openTag[]="<tr><td>n"; } } function _endElement($t,$name){ if($this->startCollecting) $this->closeTag[]="</td></tr>n"; } function _parseData($t,$cData){ $cData = str_replace($this->ampReplace,"&",$cData);// quick fix, will need to address later on if(strlen(trim($cData))&&($this->startCollecting)){ if(eregi("link",$this->currentTag)){ $this->content[]="<A HREF="".$cData."" TARGET="_BLANK">".$cData."</A>n"; }elseif(eregi("url",$this->currentTag)){ $this->content[]="<IMG SRC="".$cData."">n"; }else{ $this->content[]=$cData; } } } function readNewsFeed($source){ $this->_readCacheData(); if($this->_useCache($source)){ $this->_writeCacheEntry($source); $file = file("newsCache/".md5($source)); }else{ $file = file($source); } $file = implode("n",$file); $this->ampReplace = md5(time());// quick fix, will need to address later on $file = str_replace("&",$this->ampReplace,$file);// quick fix, will need to address later on if(!xml_parse($this->rss,$file,1)){ $ln = xml_get_current_line_number($this->rss); $msg = xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($this->rss)); return ("An XML error occurred on line $ln: $msg"); }else{ $rtn = "<TABLE border=0>n"; for($i=0;$i<count($this->openTag);$i++){ $rtn.= $this->openTag[$i].$this->content[$i].$this->closeTag[$i]; } $rtn.="</TABLE>n"; if(!$this->_useCache($source)){ $this->_writeCacheEntry($source); } return $rtn; } } function _checkCacheDir(){ if(!is_dir("newsCache")){ mkdir("newsCache"); } } function _readCacheData(){ $file = file("newsCache/newsReaderCache.php"); if(strlen(trim($file[0]))){ $this->cacheData = unserialize($file[0]); } } function _useCache($source){ if($key = array_search($source,$this->cacheData)){ $sec = explode(" ",$key); if((time() - $sec[1])>(3600)){ return 0; }else{ return 1; } }else{ return 0; } } function _writeCacheEntry($source){ $this->_checkCacheDir(); $this->_updateCacheArray($source); $fp = fopen("newsCache/newsReaderCache.php","w"); fwrite($fp,serialize($this->cacheData)); fclose($fp); $data = file($source); $data = implode("n",$data); $fp = fopen("newsCache/".md5($source),"w"); fwrite($fp,$data); fclose($fp); } function _updateCacheArray($source){ if(is_array($this->cacheData) && in_array($source,$this->cacheData)){ foreach($this->cacheData as $key=>$val){ if(trim($val) == trim($source)){ $key =microtime(); } $new[$key]= $val; } $this->cacheData = $new; }else{ $this->cacheData[microtime()] = $source; } } } //%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% //&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& //$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ //\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ //++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ // test data below once you are happy how it works just remove this stuff //+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ // bbc news stories $newsSources['BBC']['world']="http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/world/rss091.xml"; $newsSources['BBC']['uk']="http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/uk/rss091.xml"; $newsSources['BBC']['england']="http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/england/rss091.xml"; $newsSources['BBC']['norther ireland']="http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/northern_ireland/rss091.xml"; $newsSources['BBC']['scotland']="http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/scotland/rss091.xml"; $newsSources['BBC']['wales']="http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/wales/rss091.xml"; $newsSources['BBC']['business']="http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/business/rss091.xml"; $newsSources['BBC']['uk politics']="http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/uk_politics/rss091.xml"; $newsSources['BBC']['health']="http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/health/rss091.xml"; $newsSources['BBC']['education']="http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/education/rss091.xml"; $newsSources['BBC']['science technology']="http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/sci/tech/rss091.xml"; $newsSources['BBC']['technology']="http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/technology/rss091.xml"; $newsSources['BBC']['entertainment']="http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/entertainment/rss091.xml"; $newsSources['BBC']['talking point']="http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/talking_point/rss091.xml"; $newsSources['BBC']['magazine']="http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/magazine/rss091.xml"; $newsSources['BBC']['week at a glance']="http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/week_at-a-glance/rss091.xml"; $newsSources['BBC']['programmes']="http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/programmes/rss091.xml"; // wired.com $newsSources['Wired']['technology stories']="http://www.wired.com/news/feeds/rss2/0,2610,3,00.xml"; $newsSources['Wired']['business news']="http://www.wired.com/news/feeds/rss2/0,2610,1,00.xml"; $newsSources['Wired']['wireless news']="http://www.wired.com/news/feeds/rss2/0,2610,31,00.xml"; $newsSources['Wired']['e business']="http://www.wired.com/news/feeds/rss2/0,2610,10,00.xml"; $newsSources['Wired']['medical technology news']="http://www.wired.com/news/feeds/rss2/0,2610,12,00.xml"; $newsSources['Wired']['gadgets and gizmos']="http://www.wired.com/news/feeds/rss2/0,2610,40,00.xml"; // yahoo $newsSources['Yahoo']['Top Stories']="http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/topstories"; $newsSources['Yahoo']['US']=" http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/us"; $newsSources['Yahoo']['World']=" http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/world"; $newsSources['Yahoo']['Business']=" http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/business"; $newsSources['Yahoo']['Technology']=" http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/tech"; $newsSources['Yahoo']['Politics']=" http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/politics"; $newsSources['Yahoo']['Elections']=" http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/elections"; $newsSources['Yahoo']['Sports']="http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/sports"; $newsSources['Yahoo']['Entertainment']=" http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/entertainment"; $newsSources['Yahoo']['Health']=" http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/health"; $newsSources['Yahoo']['Oddly Enough']="http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/oddlyenough"; $newsSources['Yahoo']['Science']=" http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/science"; $newsSources['Yahoo']['Opinion/Editorial']=" http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/oped"; $newsSources['Yahoo']['Most Emailed']="http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/mostemailed"; $newsSources['Yahoo']['Highest Rated']=" http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/highestrated"; $newsSources['Yahoo']['Most Viewed']=" http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/mostviewed"; ?> <style type=text/css><!-- td { font-family:arial,verdana,tahoma; font-size:12px; background-color:#f0f0f0; color:#000000; } --></style> <?php foreach($newsSources as $name=>$array){ echo $name; echo "<form method=post action=".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].">n"; echo "<select name=source>n"; foreach($array as $key=>$val){ $sel = ($val == $source)? " SELECTED " : ""; echo "<option $sel value=$val>$keyn"; } echo "</select>n"; echo "<input type=submit name=go value=Go>n"; echo "</form>n"; } //++++++++++++++++ // script usage | //++++++++++++++++ #$source = "http://www.newscientist.com/syndication/news.rdf"; #$go = 1; if($go){ $feed = new newsReader; echo $feed->readNewsFeed($source); } ?>
