cURL RSS Parsers

[arakele]

Anybody have any knowledge of RSS Parsers using cURL. My webhost doesn't allow the allow_url_fopen option in the php config.

I am looking at using rss-feeds with a few affiliates.

thanks!

[directfiesta]

hummmm.... weird.. curl is used in so many instances.

we allow " allow_url_fopen" on our boxes.

[brandonstills]

There are so many ways to parse a site. Take a look at a PHP library called Snoopy. It implements the HTTP protocol in PHP so you simulate a browser request.

[xenilk]

function getContent($url)
{
	$ch = curl_init ($url);
	curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 5);

	$result = curl_exec($ch);

	curl_close ($ch);
	return $result;
}

call getContent('http://www.website.com/rss.php'), it'll give you the page's rss feed..

from there you can either load it under SimpleXML or parse it manually (which could be painful)

Need more help or need something done? Feel free to contact me at xenilk(at)gmail.com