[HowTo] Display your latest threads on an external page using an RSS feed

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  • Colin F
    Senior Member
    • May 2004
    • 17689

    [HowTo] Display your latest threads on an external page using an RSS feed

    This HowTo explains what needs to be done to include the 10 latest threads from your forums on an external PHP page using the RSS feed.

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    1. Near the top of your php page, but after the <?php code include the following:
      Code:
      // ######################################################
      // ## configuration
      // ##
      // ## $rss_file= 'http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/external.php?type=rss';
      // ## Adjust this variable to point to your RSS feed
       
      $rss_file = 'http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/external.php?type=rss';
          
      // ## configuration end
      // ######################################################
      // ## Do not touch code below!
          
          
      $is_item = false;
      $tag = '';
      $title = '';
      $description = '';
      $link = '';
          
      function character_data($parser, $data)
      {
          global $is_item, $tag, $title, $description, $link;
          if ($is_item)
          {
              switch ($tag)
              {
                  case "TITLE":
                  $title .= $data;
                  break;
                  case "DESCRIPTION":
                  $description .= $data;
          
                  break;
                  case "LINK":
                  $link .= $data;
                  break;
              }
          }
      }
          
      function begin_element($parser, $name)
      {
          global $is_item, $tag;
          if ($is_item)
          {
              $tag = $name;
          }
          else if ($name == "ITEM")
          {
              $is_item = true;
          }
      }
          
      function end_element($parser, $name)
      {
          global $is_item, $title, $description, $link, $rss_output;
          if ($name == "ITEM")
          {
              $rss_output .= "<dt><strong><a href='" . trim($link) . "'>" . htmlspecialchars(trim($title)) . "</a></strong></dt><dd>" . htmlspecialchars(trim($description)) . "</dd>";
              $title = "";
              $description = "";
              $link = "";
              $is_item = false;
          }
      }
          
          
      $parser = xml_parser_create();
          
      xml_set_element_handler($parser, "begin_element", "end_element");
      xml_set_character_data_handler($parser, "character_data");
      $fp = fopen($rss_file,"r");
          
      while ($data = fread($fp, 4096))
      {
          xml_parse($parser, $data, feof($fp));        
      }
          
      fclose($fp);
      xml_parser_free($parser);
    2. Make sure to adjust the $rss_file variable at the very top of the code you just added.
    3. Add the following code to wherever on that page you want to display the output:
      Code:
      echo [I]$rss_output;[/I]
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    Last edited by Floris; Wed 12 Oct '05, 12:30pm.
    Best Regards
    Colin Frei

    Please don't contact me per PM.
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