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File: Abs_Xml_Rss/AbsAtomWriter10/how_to/how_to_AbsAtomWriter10.txt
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Class: Abs_Xml_Rss
Read and write RSS and Atom feeds
Author: By
Last change: I've added the documentation for the GetDocument function.
Date: 15 years ago
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This file describes the usage of the following class: * AbsAtomWriter10 * class AbsAtomWriter10 This class can be used to create an RSS 2.0 xml feed document. * Protected Properties * $_doc : Holds the feed's content * Public Methods * StartDocument( $xmlStylesheetFile = '' ) * AddNamespaces( $xmlns = array() ) * AddBaseTags( $title, $subtitle, $link_href, $link_rel='self', $date_updated, $author_name, $author_email='', $id='' ) * AddEntry( $title, $link_href, $date_updated, $summary, $id='' ) * EndDocument() * Display() * GetDocument() * SaveDocument( $dirPath, $fileName ) * final public function StartDocument( $xmlStylesheetFile = '' ) Starts the xml document. The optional argument is the path to the xml stylesheet file. * Example: <?php include "class.AbsAtomWriter10.php"; $xml = new AbsAtomWriter10(); // START DOCUMENT $xml->StartDocument('xsl_stylesheet.xsl'); ?> will have as a result: <?php <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="xsl_stylesheet.xsl"?> <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> ?> * final public function AddNamespaces( $xmlns = array() ) This function adds the provided namespaces to the document. These are optional but the function call isn't, because it closes the feed tag. * Example: <?php // ADD NAMESPACES $xml->AddNamespaces(); ?> will have as a result: <?php > ?> * final public function AddBaseTags( $title, $subtitle, $link_href, $link_rel='self', $date_updated, $author_name, $author_email='', $id='' ) This function adds the base tags. * Example: <?php // ADD BASE TAGS $xml->AddBaseTags('June Framework Blog', 'Latest entries on: June Framework Blog', 'http://june-js.com/blog/', 'self', 'Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:00:40', 'Costin Trifan'); ?> will have as a result: <?php <title>June Framework Blog</title> <subtitle>Latest entries on: June Framework Blog</subtitle> <updated>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:00:40</updated> <link href="http://june-js.com/blog/" rel="self" /> <author> <name>Costin Trifan</name> <email></email> </author> <id></id> ?> * final public function AddEntry( $title, $link_href, $date_updated, $summary, $id='' ) This function adds the provided entry tags to the document. * Example: <?php // ADD ENTRIES $c1 = "Itaque earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut aut reiciendis voluptatibus maiores alias consequatur aut perferendis doloribus asperiores repellat"; $c2 = "Itaque earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut aut reiciendis voluptatibus maiores alias consequatur aut perferendis doloribus asperiores repellat"; $xml->AddEntry('AbsTemplate - A simple PHP Template Engine', 'http://june-js.com/blog/post.php?pid=11', 'Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:01:52 GMT', $c1); $xml->AddEntry('XLog - A Log class for PHP', 'http://june-js.com/blog/post.php?pid=10', 'Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:05:29', $c2); ?> will have as a result: <?php <entry> <id></id> <title>AbsTemplate - A simple PHP Template Engine</title> <link href="http://june-js.com/blog/post.php?pid=11" /> <updated>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:01:52 GMT</updated> <summary><![CDATA[Itaque earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut aut reiciendis voluptatibus maiores alias consequatur aut perferendis doloribus asperiores repellat]]></summary> </entry> <entry> <id></id> <title>XLog - A Log class for PHP</title> <link href="http://june-js.com/blog/post.php?pid=10" /> <updated>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:05:29</updated> <summary><![CDATA[Itaque earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut aut reiciendis voluptatibus maiores alias consequatur aut perferendis doloribus asperiores repellat]]></summary> </entry> ?> Note that you should escape special characters before adding them into the document. * final public function EndDocument() This function adds the closing document's tags. * Example: <?php // END DOCUMENT $xml->EndDocument(); ?> will have as a result: <?php </feed> ?> * final public function Display() This function will display the generated xml feed. * Example: <?php // DISPLAY CONTENT $xml->Display(); ?> * final public function GetDocument() This function returns the content of the document. * Example: <?php // GET DOCUMENT $content = $xml->GetDocument(); ?> Now, the $content variable will contain the generated xml document; * final public function SaveDocument( $dirPath, $fileName ) This function will save the generated xml feed into the specified file($fileName) in the directory($dirPath). * Example: <?php // SAVE THE FEED'S CONTENT INTO AN XML FILE $xml->SaveDocument(getcwd(),'atom_1.xml'); ?>