RSS feeds in PHP

aljasdolfdjododl

Hey all,

Excuse my name, I swear I tried 10 names all taken so my temper took over. I'm surprised I lasted through 10.

To my question:

I have RSS feeds in javascript on this page .. I would like to have them in PHP, but being that I know nearly nothing of PHP yet and it's not in my timeframe to learn all that much right now, how do I put these feeds in PHP.

The main reasons I want to do this are:
1. not everyone has javascript allowed on their browser
2. the content is not actually on my page when you use javascript, and I'm under the impression that the use of PHP will allow the content to be readable, by screen readers (google bots, etc..), as if it were regular text.

What I know (or think I do)
- I am hosted on a linux server.
- I have to have a .php extension on my page because php stuck in .html doesn't display right?
- I cannot use the .htaccess in order to get my extension to be .html even though the page is in php, because I'm hosted on a linux server?

I have really no knowledge of php, would it be fesible for me to be able to manage my page if I did this?

What would be the best way to go about this ??

Here is the javascript code:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/1JJQV8IDVT.js"><noscript><a href="http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/1JJQV8IDVT.html">Click for &quot;Wireless Technology&quot;.</a> By <a href="http://www.feeddigest.com/">Feed Digest</a></noscript></script>

Here is the php code:
<?php
include ("http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/1JJQV8IDVT.html");
?>


I think that covers it.. I am really on a time crunch here, so I really appreciate any future replies.

Thanks again,

aljasdolfdjododl (lol)

ukgeoff

Firstly:
Your 2nd assumption is wrong. I have lots of html pages with embedded php code.
Your 3rd assumption is also wrong. Your Linux server is the underlying operating system. Your web pages will be being served from an Apache web server.

Your php include code looks good. Suggest you wrap the news feed in <div> tags so that you can position and style it with css where you like.

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Geoff

aljasdolfdjododl

So what? All I have to do is put the php code embedded in the html? I find that hard to believe but I'll try. Also the the feed is already styled with the feed manager I use so no need for <div>'s ...

Ill check back with results in a second..

aljasdolfdjododl

OK, so I put the php code into my html and it did nothing. My site is PHP enabled, I know there's something else I have to do. What is it??

ukgeoff

If you mean you embedded the php in a file with a .html extension, then you will have to place a line in your .htaccess file that tells the server to pass .html files throough the php parser.

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AddType application/x-httpd-php .html .php4 .shtml .txt

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grahame

Geoff: I think aljasdolfdjododl's ISP isn't allowing overrides like that in the main httpd configuration file, so he won't be allowed to do this.

Aljasdolfdjododl: I think you'll need to establish just what does and does not work in terms of PHP file extensions on your server. The tech support desk at the ISP and / or their FAQs may help, but more likely they won't know. Put a file called testing.php in your document root (i.e. home directory for web pages) which contains:
<?php phpinfo() ; ?>
(yes, just that 1 line) and point your browser at it:
http://yourdomainnamehere/testing.php
If you get nothing, or (when you view sources in your browser) you just see the phpinfo command, your PHP has not worked. If you see a complete configuration report from PHP, then - hey prosto - you know what extension to use!

If the first test does not suceed, then try extensions .php, .php4, .php5 and .phtml; I've seen all of these in modern use. You'll need to rename or re-upload the file AND change the URL that you browse to.

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