Getting the raw XML data from a RSS feed

[nogenius]

Hi,

I am currently trying to parse Photobucket's RSS feed. Here's an example feed:
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When I try to use cURL to get the feed, I get a HTML version (the one that would be seen when the feed is accessed through a browser). I'd like to retrieve the raw XML (which I can see in a browser by right-clicking and selecting "View Source"), is there anyway I can do this through PHP/different parameters in cURL?

[Inigoesdr]

Please be more careful when posting links. That particular one included a video with nudity, which is against the forum rules (http://www.codingforums.com/rules.htm).

[nogenius]

Sorry about that, I'll be more careful next time.

Here's an example RSS feed (I checked thoroughly to make sure there was no offending material):
http://feed.photobucket.com/images/food/feed.rss

[jaap]

Have you tried fetching the feed using "file_get_contents" ?

[mlseim]

I'm thinking that you might be wanting to do this .... but not sure ....

My test page: http://www.catpin.com/food.php

The PHP script:

<?php
# RSS FEED
$feed_url = "http://feed.photobucket.com/images/food/feed.rss";

# INITIATE CURL.
$curl = curl_init();

# CURL SETTINGS.
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL,"$feed_url");
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 0);

# GRAB THE XML FILE.
$xmlTwitter = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);

# SET UP XML OBJECT.
# Use one or the other, depending on version of PHP
# and your webhost settings. Comment-out the one
# you are not using ...
//$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlTwitter);
$xml = simplexml_load_string($xmlTwitter);

# HOW MANY ITEMS TO DISPLAY
$count = 5;

foreach ($xml->channel->item as $item) {
$newstring = $item->description;
if($count > 0){
echo"
<div style='font-family:arial; font-size:.8em;'>
<b>{$item->title}</b><br />
$newstring ... <a href='{$item->guid}'>read more</a>
<br /><br />
</div>
";
}
$count--;
}
?>


OR ... Do you mean this ...
Note, it actually is raw data, but HTML is processed when echoed to browser.
You could dump the data into a file instead.

Script example: http://www.catpin.com/food2.php

Here is the PHP script:

<?php
# RSS FEED
$feed_url = "http://feed.photobucket.com/images/food/feed.rss";

# INITIATE CURL.
$curl = curl_init();

# CURL SETTINGS.
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL,"$feed_url");
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 0);

# GRAB THE XML FILE.
$data = curl_exec($curl);

echo"<pre>";
var_dump($data);
echo"</pre>";

curl_close($curl);
?>

[nogenius]

Thanks mlseim, your var_dump code made me realize my mistake (I actually was erring in a later step, using XPath to try to pick out certain elements, and I assumed it was that I wasn't getting the raw XML because it was processed in my browser lilke you said). :)

[mlseim]

nogenius ...

Also, see this: http://us3.php.net/curl

There are a gazillion examples (most over my head, but good anyhow).

Maybe there's a Curl method to dumping the results right into a file.