How to read RSS feeds (XML file) and display contents in CakePHP?
Parsing an XML feed can be done in simple steps as follows in CakePHP …
CakePHP Controller: /app/controllers/rss_controller.php
<?php
/**
* CakePHP Controller to parse XML file
*/
class RssController extends AppController{
var $name = "Rss";
// As the RSS will not currently use a database
var $uses = array();
var $feed_url = "http://kurinchilamp.kurinchilion.com/feed";
var $rss_item = array();
function index(){
App::import('Xml');
$parsed_xml =& new XML($this->feed_url);
// xml to array conversion
$this->rss_item = $parsed_xml->toArray();
$this->set('data', $this->rss_item['Rss']['Channel']['Item']);
}
}
?>
CakePHP View: /app/views/rss/index.ctp
- Feed Titles from kurinchilion.com <?php foreach($data as $temp_item){ echo "
- ".$temp_item['title']." "; } ?>
