XML updating for RSS

mistercash60000

Well,

I have a php script that generates a file called rss.xml
in that rss.xml it contains the latest posts.

Now I have to cronjob every 10min that php script to update the rss.xml file.

Can't it be done like rss.php so that everything is in one file but that the output on rss.php is just xml.

This way it would be possible that the rss reader updates the file and not the cronjob.

Do you understand me?

Just want to know if this is possible and if this is done normally

chrislive

im also interested in this, have you tried renaming your rss.xml to rss.php and tried viewing from your RSS Viewer?

I suspect is wont work, what about creating a symbolic link? have your rss.php file and then rss.xml as a symbolic link

Weedpacket

Originally posted by mistercash60000
Well,

I have a php script that generates a file called rss.xml
in that rss.xml it contains the latest posts.

Now I have to cronjob every 10min that php script to update the rss.xml file.

Can't it be done like rss.php so that everything is in one file but that the output on rss.php is just xml.

This way it would be possible that the rss reader updates the file and not the cronjob.

Do you understand me?

Just want to know if this is possible and if this is done normally

It's doable to the point of triviality. PHP doesn't care what it outputs - whether it's HTML or RSS or zipped sound files. All you need to do is ensure the appropriate Content-Type: [man]header[/man] is sent first ("application/xml", I'd guess).

chrislive

Actually I needed the same so I did it myself. Check out this:

http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&postid=10626507#post10626507

mistercash60000

this way I also did that.
Now it refreshes everytime when you load the page.
Very handy