Example: 1 - Is the XML tag empty?
Level: Simple
Description: This example template uses a very simple table to display a
feed. The PHP code is used to check if ~~~ItemLink~~~ is
blank. If it is blank only the title is display. If it is
not blank, the title is made into a link.
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~~~FeedTitle~~~
~~~FeedTitle~~~
~~~FeedDescription~~~
~~~BeginItemsRecord~~~
| ~~~ItemPubShortDate~~~ ~~~ItemPubShortTime~~~ |
|
~~~ItemTitle~~~";
} else {
// Yes it was blank
echo "~~~ItemTitle~~~";
}
?>
|
| ~~~ItemDescription~~~ |
|
~~~EndItemsRecord~~~
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Example: 2 - How old is this item?
Level: Medium
Description: This example template uses a very simple table to display a
feed. The PHP code will only display item that between 24
and 72 hours old.
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~~~FeedTitle~~~
~~~FeedTitle~~~
~~~FeedDescription~~~
~~~BeginItemsRecord~~~
| ~~~ItemPubShortDate~~~ ~~~ItemPubShortTime~~~ | ";
echo "| ~~~ItemTitle~~~ |
";
echo "| ~~~ItemDescription~~~ |
";
echo "
|
";
}
?>
~~~EndItemsRecord~~~
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Example: 3 - Does the title or description contain this word?
Level: Medium
Description: This example template uses a very simple table to display a
feed. The PHP code will look for certian words in the title
or description of the items, and only those that have it.
NOTE: stristr() is use to prevent problems with captial letters
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~~~FeedTitle~~~
~~~FeedTitle~~~
~~~FeedDescription~~~
~~~BeginItemsRecord~~~
| ~~~ItemPubShortDate~~~ ~~~ItemPubShortTime~~~ |
| ~~~ItemTitle~~~ |
| ~~~ItemDescription~~~ |
|
~~~EndItemsRecord~~~
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Example: 4 - Get the image embedded in the description
Level: Advanced
Description: This example template uses a very table to display a an items
image embedded in the description. The PHP code will extract
the image, if any and display it in a seperate column and
remove it from the description.
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~~~FeedTitle~~~
~~~FeedTitle~~~
~~~FeedDescription~~~
~~~BeginItemsRecord~~~
if (preg_match("/]*>/", $newDescription, $match) !== FALSE) {
// Make sure it truely was a match
if ((count($match) != 0) && ($match[0] != "")) {
// Save the image
$theImage = $match[0];
// Remove the image from the description
$newDescription = str_replace($match[0], "", $newDescription);
}
}
echo "| $theImage | ~~~ItemPubShortDate~~~ ~~~ItemPubShortTime~~~
";
echo "~~~ItemTitle~~~
";
echo "$newDescription |
";
echo "
|
";
?>
~~~EndItemsRecord~~~
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