(PHP Extension) Read RSS Feed

Sample code showing how to read an RSS feed and emit the contents.

Chilkat PHP Downloads PHP Extension for Windows, Linux, MacOS, Alpine Linux, Solaris

<?php

// The version number (9_5_0) should match version of the Chilkat extension used, omitting the micro-version number.
// For example, if using Chilkat v9.5.0.48, then include as shown here:
include("chilkat_9_5_0.php");

$rss = new CkRss();

// Download from the feed URL:
$success = $rss->DownloadRss('http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml');
if ($success != true) {
    print $rss->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Get the 1st channel.
// rssChannel is a CkRss
$rssChannel = $rss->GetChannel(0);
if ($rss->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
    print 'No channel found in RSS feed.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Display the various pieces of information about the channel:
print 'Title: ' . $rssChannel->getString('title') . "\n";
print 'Link: ' . $rssChannel->getString('link') . "\n";
print 'Description: ' . $rssChannel->getString('description') . "\n";

// For each item in the channel, display the title, link,
// publish date, and categories assigned to the post.
$numItems = $rssChannel->get_NumItems();

for ($i = 0; $i <= $numItems - 1; $i++) {
    // rssItem is a CkRss
    $rssItem = $rssChannel->GetItem($i);

    print '----' . "\n";
    print 'Title: ' . $rssItem->getString('title') . "\n";
    print 'Link: ' . $rssItem->getString('link') . "\n";
    print 'pubDate: ' . $rssItem->getString('pubDate') . "\n";

    $numCategories = $rssItem->GetCount('category');

    if ($numCategories > 0) {
        for ($j = 0; $j <= $numCategories - 1; $j++) {
            print '    category: ' . $rssItem->mGetString('category',$j) . "\n";
        }

    }

}


?>