[RESOLVED] create RSS Feed using PHP DOM

[blckspder]

Hello,

I am trying to create an rss feed using php dom. I have created regular xml files before... but I am running into a problem with proper nesting for the rss feed.

here is what I have so far:

<?php
//create doctype
$dom = new DOMDocument("1.0");

//display document in browser as plain text
//for readability purposes
header("Content-Type: text/plain");

//create root element
$root = $dom->createElement("rss");
$dom->appendChild($root);

//create attribute for pep
$version = $dom->createAttribute("version");
$root->appendChild($version);

//create attribute value for pep
$versionValue = $dom->createTextNode("2.0");
$version->appendChild($versionValue);

//create channel with in rss
$channel = $dom->createElement("channel");
$root->appendChild($channel);

//create channel with in rss
$title1 = $dom->createElement("title");
$root->appendChild($title1);

//create text node
$textTitle = $dom->createTextNode("Sono-Tek Corporation News");
$title1->appendChild($textTitle);

//create channel with in rss
$link1 = $dom->createElement("link");
$root->appendChild($link1);


//save and display tree
echo $dom->saveXML();

?>

if anyone knows of any tutorials that use DOM to create RSS feeds let me know. The ones I have found so far are just for regular xml...

Thanks for the help.

[Weedpacket]

And how is RSS not "regular XML"?

Besides, couldn't you just write it yourself? It's not that different from HTML.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0">
  <channel>
    <link>http://www.example.com/</link>
    <language>en-gb</language>
    <description>Whatever you Find These Days at Example.com</description>
    <title>Example.com RSS Feed</title>
    <item>
      <description>Example Comic Strip</description>
      <title>Daily Example</title>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">Daily Example</guid>
    </item>
....
</channel>
  </rss>

[blckspder]

Well I meant a basic XML file. But i figured out what I wanted to do last night

here is the code:

<?php
//connect to the databse and create a query
mysql_connect("","","")or die(mysql_error()); 
mysql_select_db("")or die(mysql_error()); 

$query = "";

$pullDate = mysql_query($query);
$static = mysql_fetch_array($pullDate);

//create doctype
$dom = new DOMDocument("1.0");

//create rss root with values
$rss = $dom->createElement("rss");
$dom->appendChild($rss);
$version = $dom->createAttribute("version");
$rss->appendChild($version);
$versionValue = $dom->createTextNode("2.0");
$version->appendChild($versionValue);

//create channel element
$channel = $dom->createElement("channel");
$rss->appendChild($channel);

/********** Create Static Section *******************/

//create static information
$Stitle =  $dom->createElement("title");
$Slink = $dom->createElement("link");
$Sdesc = $dom->createElement("description");
$language = $dom->createElement("language");
$SpubDate = $dom->createElement("pubdate");
$Sauthor = $dom->createElement("author");
$webmaster = $dom->createElement("webmaster");

//create text nodes for static info
$StitleText = $dom->createTextNode("Sono-Tek Corporation News");
$SlinkText = $dom->createTextNode("http://www.sono-tek.com/");
$SdescText = $dom->createTextNode("Visit sono-tek.com to get the latest news and information on product releases.");
$languageText = $dom->createTextNode("en-us");
$SpubDateText = $dom->createTextNode($static['pubdate']);
$SauthorText = $dom->createTextNode("[e-mail]");
$webmasterText = $dom->createTextNode("[e-mail]");

//add text to static elements
$Stitle->appendChild($StitleText);
$Slink->appendChild($SlinkText);
$Sdesc->appendChild($SdescText);
$language->appendChild($languageText);
$SpubDate->appendChild($SpubDateText);
$Sauthor->appendChild($SauthorText);
$webmaster->appendChild($webmasterText);

//append static items to channel
$channel->appendChild($Stitle);
$channel->appendChild($Slink);
$channel->appendChild($Sdesc);
$channel->appendChild($language);
$channel->appendChild($SpubDate);
$channel->appendChild($Sauthor);
$channel->appendChild($webmaster);

/************* End Static Information **********/

/********** Dynamic section ***************/

$run = mysql_query($query);

while($items = mysql_fetch_array($run)) {
	//create elements
	$item = $dom->createElement("item");
	$title = $dom->createElement("title");
	$link = $dom->createElement("link");
	$desc = $dom->createElement("description");
	$author = $dom->createElement("author");
	$pubdate = $dom->createElement("pubdate");

//create the text nodes for item
$titleText = $dom->createTextNode($items['title']);
$linkText = $dom->createTextNode($items['link']);
$descText = $dom->createTextNode($items['description']);
$authorText = $dom->createTextNode($items['author']);
$pubDateText = $dom->createTextNode($items['pubdate']);

//add text to the elements
$title->appendChild($titleText);
$link->appendChild($linkText);
$desc->appendChild($descText);
$author->appendChild($authorText);
$pubdate->appendChild($pubDateText);

//add elements to the item element
$item->appendChild($title);
$item->appendChild($link);
$item->appendChild($desc);
$item->appendChild($author);
$item->appendChild($pubdate);

//append the <item> element to the <channel> element
$channel->appendChild($item);
}

#append the <channel> element to the root element <rss>
$dom->documentElement->appendChild($channel);

//save and display tree
$dom->save("XML/order.xml");

?>