I would like to be able to grab some information of another site using php for example iwould like to grab some text of the bbc. and then be to show it on another site.

Here is an RSS Parser I have in my code library:

<?php 
class RSSParser { 
 
    var $insideitem = false; 
    var $tag = ""; 
    var $title = ""; 
    var $description = ""; 
    var $link = ""; 
    var $maintitle = ""; 
    var $insidechannel = ""; 
    var $temp;var $id; 
    var $feedid; 
 
    function startElement($parser, $tagName, $attrs) { 
 
            $this->tag = $tagName; 
        if ($tagName == "ITEM") { 
            $this->insideitem = true; 
            $this->insidechannel = false; 
        } 
         else if ($tagName == "CHANNEL") { 
            $this->insidechannel = true; 
            $this->insideitem = false; 
        } 
 
    } 
 
    function RSSParser(){ 
        this->id = abs($feedid."0"); 
        //    $this->feedid = abs($feedid."0"); 
    } 
 
    function endElement($parser, $tagName) { 
        if ($tagName == "ITEM") { 
        if(($this->id - $this->feedid) < 3){ 
            $this->temp .= "<li ><p> <span class=\"toggle\" onclick=\"displayFeed(".$this->id.")\">+/-</span> <a href='".$this->link."' title='".$this->title."'>$this->title</a></p><span class=\"feed\" id=\"".trim($this->title)."\">".$this->description."</span></li>"; 
            $this->title = ""; 
            $this->description = ""; 
            $this->link = ""; 
            $this->insideitem = false; 
            $this->id++; 
        } 
        } else if ($tagName == "CHANNEL") { 
            echo "<h3>".$this->maintitle."</h3><ul >".$this->temp."</ul>"; 
            $this->title = ""; 
            $this->description = ""; 
            $this->link = ""; 
            $this->insideitem = false; 
        } 
    } 
 
    function getID(){ 
        return $this->id; 
    } 
 
    function characterData($parser, $data) { 
        if ($this->insidechannel) { 
                switch ($this->tag) { 
                    case "TITLE": 
                        $this->maintitle .= $data; 
                    break; 
 
                } 
 
        } 
        if ($this->insideitem) { 
        switch ($this->tag) { 
            case "TITLE": 
            $this->title .= $data; 
            break; 
            case "DESCRIPTION": 
            $this->description .= $data; 
            break; 
            case "LINK": 
            $this->link .= $data; 
            break; 
        } 
        } 
    } 
} 
?>

Unfortunately it isn't general so you will need to modify it(Making a general one is on my todo list but I won't get around to it for atleast 3 months)

Then all you need is:

$xml_parser = xml_parser_create(); 
$rss_parser = new RSSParser(); 
xml_set_object($xml_parser,&$rss_parser); 
xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "startElement", "endElement"); 
xml_set_character_data_handler($xml_parser, "characterData"); 
 
$fp = fopen(trim($link),"r") 
    or die("Error reading RSS data."); 
while ($data = fread($fp, 4096)){ 
    xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp)); 
} 
 
 
fclose($fp); 
xml_parser_free($xml_parser);

To use it

Jamie

Cheers thats defianelty what i need thankyou!

PHP Code:

$xml_parser = xml_parser_create(); 
$rss_parser = new RSSParser(); 
xml_set_object($xml_parser,&$rss_parser); 
xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "startElement", "endElement"); 
xml_set_character_data_handler($xml_parser, "characterData"); 
 
$fp = fopen(trim($link),"r") 
    or die("Error reading RSS data."); 
while ($data = fread($fp, 4096)){ 
    xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp)); 
} 
 
 
fclose($fp); 
xml_parser_free($xml_parser); 


whats this for?

That sets up the class for parsing purposes, it is what ties it all together. It also reads the rss file, $link is the url for the feed.

Jamie

The file i would like to parser isnt an RSS feed is it still possible?

Not with the class I have given you. Different dialects require different markups. Your thread title says RSS feed so this is the one I provided.

Jamie