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Setting up an RSS Feed

Hi!

I need some help setting up an RSS feed to my site. My client uses a shelter manager and wants to integrate their rss onto the site (https://public.sheltermanager.com/animals/gw1124/rss.xml). So I've followed the docs and I'm just a bit confused at where I reference where the feed is coming from?

So I've set up the rss.php page

   <?php include('admin/runtime.php'); ?>
    <?php echo '<'.'?xml version="1.0"?'.'>'; ?>
    <rss version="2.0">
    <channel>
        <title>Available for Adoption</title>
        <link>https://backwell.web-design.wales/available-for-adoption.php</link>
        <description>Animals Available for Adoption at Llys Nini</description>
        <?php
            $opts = array(
                    'page'=>'/available-for-adoption.php',
                    'template'=>'_rss_item.html'
                );
            perch_content_custom('Available for Adoption', $opts);
        ?>
    </channel>
    </rss>

And I've also added this to the available-for-adoption.php page

<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="rss.php" />

Can someone point me in the right direction to tell me what to do?

Thank you!
Jade Marling

Jade Marling 0 points

  • 4 years ago
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

4 years ago

I'm just a bit confused at where I reference where the feed is coming from

What do you mean by this?
Jade Marling

Jade Marling 0 points

4 years ago

The RSS is on a thrid party site, so where do I state where the RSS is coming from?
Rachel Andrew

Rachel Andrew 394 points
Perch Support

4 years ago

The docs are for creating an RSS feed from your content, not consuming a third party one.
Jade Marling

Jade Marling 0 points

4 years ago

So I can't do it?
Simon Clay

Simon Clay 127 points

4 years ago

Hi Jade, it is possible to do this, but it's not Perch related. I will dig out my notes and let you know how I did it on another project.
Jade Marling

Jade Marling 0 points

4 years ago

If you could that would be appreciated. Thanks Simon!
Simon Clay

Simon Clay 127 points

4 years ago

Hi Jade, could you just clarify what result you are after?

Are you trying to show an external feed (https://public.sheltermanager.com/animals/gw1124/rss.xml) as a listing on a page on your website?
Jade Marling

Jade Marling 0 points

4 years ago

That's right yes. It will basically be split up into dogs, cats and small animals. Each category will then show a gallery of the animals clicking off onto a details page for them
Jade Marling

Jade Marling 0 points

4 years ago

Hi Simon, did you get chance to find the code for me?

Thanks
Simon Clay

Simon Clay 127 points

4 years ago

Hi Jade,

This code will pull the info from the feed and display it onto your page:

<?php 

    $xml_feed = new DOMDocument();
    $xml_feed->load('https://public.sheltermanager.com/animals/gw1124/rss.xml');
    $feed_items = array();
    foreach ($xml_feed->getElementsByTagName('item') as $node) {
        $item = array ( 
            'title' => $node->getElementsByTagName('title')->item(0)->nodeValue,
            'desc' => $node->getElementsByTagName('description')->item(0)->nodeValue,
            'link' => $node->getElementsByTagName('link')->item(0)->nodeValue,
            );
        array_push($feed_items, $item);
    }

    foreach ($feed_items as $feed_item) { ?>
        <div>
            <a href="<?php echo $feed_item["link"] ?>">
                <h4><?php echo $feed_item["title"] ?></h4>
            </a>
            <p><?php echo $feed_item["desc"] ?></p>
        </div>

<?php } ?>