source: Dev/trunk/rdfapi/util/magpie/README @ 12

NAME

        MagpieRSS - a simple RSS integration tool

SYNOPSIS

        require_once(rss_fetch.inc);
        $url = $_GET['url'];
        $rss = fetch_rss( $url );
        
        echo "Channel Title: " . $rss->channel['title'] . "<p>";
        echo "<ul>";
        foreach ($rss->items as $item) {
                $href = $item['link'];
                $title = $item['title'];
                echo "<li><a href=$href>$title</a></li>";
        }
        echo "</ul>";

DESCRIPTION

        MapieRSS is an XML-based RSS parser in PHP.  It attempts to be "PHP-like",
        and simple to use.
        
        Some features include:
        
        * supports RSS 0.9 - 1.0, with limited RSS 2.0 support
        * supports namespaces, and modules, including mod_content and mod_event
        * open minded [1]
        * simple, functional interface, to object oriented backend parser
        * automatic caching of parsed RSS objects makes its easy to integrate
        * supports conditional GET with Last-Modified, and ETag
        * uses constants for easy override of default behaviour 
        * heavily commented


1. By open minded I mean Magpie will accept any tag it finds in good faith that
   it was supposed to be here.  For strict validation, look elsewhere.


GETTING STARTED

        

COPYRIGHT:
        Copyright(c) 2002 kellan@protest.net. All rights reserved.
        This software is released under the GNU General Public License.
        Please read the disclaimer at the top of the Snoopy.class.inc file.