Bug #5662

allow XML_RSS to handle strings as input

Details

Request #5662	allow XML_RSS to handle strings as input
Submitted	2005-10-11 21:43 UTC
From	jam at zoidtechnologies dot com
Assigned	clay
Status	Closed
Package	XML_RSS
PHP Version	Irrelevant
OS	Linux (FC4)
Roadmaps	(Not assigned)

Comments

[2005-10-11 21:43 UTC] jam at zoidtechnologies dot com

Description:
------------
I have several rss feeds in a database table and instead of putting the data in a file as I've done previously I'd like to have XML_RSS parse the string from the database. Per a suggestion on #pear ([aJ]), I added a 2nd optional argument that flags the $handle as a string instead of a filename.

Test script:
---------------
--- RSS.php-original 2005-10-11 16:54:44.000000000 -0400
+++ RSS.php 2005-10-11 17:33:36.000000000 -0400
@@ -124,11 +124,14 @@
* @access public
* @param mixed File pointer or name of the RDF file.
+ * @param mixed set to '1' if $handle is a string (i.e. from database table)
* @return void
*/
- function XML_RSS($handle = '')
+ function XML_RSS($handle = '', $dataType = null)
{
$this->XML_Parser();

- if (@is_resource($handle)) {
+ if ($dataType == 1) {
+ $this->setInputString($handle);
+ } elseif (@is_resource($handle)) {
$this->setInput($handle);
} elseif ($handle != '') {

[2006-09-14 07:24 UTC] clay at php dot net

Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been fixed
in the latest released version of the package, which you can download at
http://pear.php.net/get/XML_RSS

This was fixed in XML_RSS release 0.9.9, which added a dependency on XML_Parser 1.1.0 or greater. XML_Parser 1.1.0 added support for XML data passed in as a string.