parsing XML with SimpleXML

Source code

1  <?php include('./.config.php');
2 /*
3 using PHP 5's SimpleXML to parse an RSS Feed
4 */
5 include('./.fetch_xml_with_socket.php5');
6 
7 $rss = simplexml_load_string(fetchRss("rss.news.yahoo.com","/rss/oddlyenough"));
8 
9 $count=0;
10 
11 // display the top ten
12 
13 foreach ($rss->channel->item as $item) {
14     $count++;
15     printf('<p><strong><a href="%s">%s</a></strong><br />%s</p>',
16         $item->link,
17         $item->title,
18         $item->description);
19     if ($count == 10) { break;}
20 }
21 echo "<p>total $count</p>" ;
22 include('./.footer.php')?>

Output

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /home/davidmintz/www/davidmintz.org/php_course/examples/10/simpleXML_rss.php5 on line 13

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /home/davidmintz/www/davidmintz.org/php_course/examples/10/simpleXML_rss.php5 on line 13

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/davidmintz/www/davidmintz.org/php_course/examples/10/simpleXML_rss.php5 on line 13

total 0

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