Re: Parse XML or RSS feeds into your controller

I wrote a quick script for you. (I do this for a living. Also, I like
crosswords.)

# Script WordOfTheDay.txt
var str rss, title, link, description
cat "http://wordsmith.org/awad/rss1.xml" > $rss
while ( { sen -r -c "^<title&\>&</description&\>^" $rss } > 0 )
do
stex -r -c "^<title&\>^]" $rss > null
stex -r -c "]^</title&\>^" $rss > $title
stex -r -c "^<link&\>^]" $rss > null
stex -r -c "]^</link&\>^" $rss > $link
stex -r -c "^<description&\>^]" $rss > null
stex -r -c "]^</description&\>^" $rss > $description
echo $title "\n----" $link "\n--------" $description
done

Copy and save the script into file C:/Scripts/WordOfTheDay.txt, start
biterscripting ( http://www.biterscripting.com ), and enter the
following command.

script "C:/Scripts/WordOfTheDay.txt"

Today, when I ran it, I am getting the following.

Wordsmith.org: Today's Word
----http://wordsmith.org/
--------The magic of words - that's what Wordsmith.org is about.
onomatomania
----http://wordsmith.org/words/onomatomania.html
--------An obsession with particular words or names and desire to
recall or repeat them.

You can call this script directly from php. For me, I have created an
icon on my desktop with the following command.

"C:/biterScripting/biterScripting.exe" "C:/Scripts/WordOfTheDay.txt" -
oo "X.txt" ; start "X.txt"

Each day, when I click it, I will see the new word for that day. Nice
site - this wordsmith.org.

On Dec 14, 5:38 am, appel268576 <appel268...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I am looking at making use of certain RSS feeds, XML files from a site
> to display certain content on their.
> I have tried with simplepie but no luck.
>
> Is there anybody that could tell me if there are any solutions to help
> you too display RSS in your controllers.?
>
> Controller
>
> <?php
>
> class RssController extends AppController{
>         var $name = "Rss";
>         var $components = array('Simplepie');
>         // As the RSS will not currently use a database
>         var $uses = array();
>
>         function index() {
>                 App::import('Xml');
>             $file = "feed://wordsmith.org/awad/rss1.xml";
>
>             $parsed_xml =& new XML($file);
>             $parsed_xml = Set::reverse($parsed_xml);
>
>             debug($parsed_xml);
>            echo $parsed_xml;
>   }
>
> }
>
> ?>
>
> dont know where to start with the view...
>
> any help would be appreciated.

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