478 CHAPTER 20 WEB SERVICES RSS Syntax If you re not familiar with the general syntax of an RSS feed, Listing 20-1 offers an example, which will be used as input for the scripts that follow. Although a discussion of RSS syntax specifics is beyond the scope of this book, you ll nonetheless find the structure and tags to be quite intuitive (after all, that s why they call it Real Simple Syndication ). Listing 20-1. A Sample RSS Feed (blog.xml)
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http://blogs.apress.com/?p=639#more-639 The annual Ohio LinuxFest 2005 conference is rapidly approaching, taking place at the Columbus Convention Center on October 1, 2005…
http://blogs.apress.com/?p=634#more-634 In the first installment of a three-part series for Developer.com, you learned how to take advantage of Google's amazing mapping API…
http://blogs.apress.com/?p=626#more-626 The Web's greatest advantage, accessibility, has also proved to be its greatest detriment in terms of security… Note that this example is somewhat stripped down, as there are numerous other elements found in an RSS 2.0 file such as the update period, language, and creator. However, for the purposes of the examples found in this chapter, it makes sense to remove those components that have little bearing on instruction. To view an example of a complete feed, see http:// blogs.apress.com/wp-rss.php. Now that you re a bit more familiar with the purpose and advantages of RSS, you ll next learn how to use PHP to incorporate RSS into your own development strategy. Although there are numerous RSS tools written for the PHP language, one in particular offers an amazingly effective solution for retrieving, parsing, and displaying feeds: MagpieRSS. We recommend cheap and reliable webhost to host and run your web applications: Coldfusion Web Hosting services.
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