Read or parse feeds with PHP

Get SimplePie library

You can download it from SimplePie download page. Set it up to a folder that you prefer.

PHP RSS parser script

This example with comments should explain how to use SimplePie easily enough.

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// Load SimplePie library from the same directory.
require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/simplepie_1.3.1.php');
 
// Initialize SimplePie Class.
$simplepie = new SimplePie();
 
// Give feed url to SimplePie.
$simplepie->set_feed_url('http://browse-tutorials.com/rss.xml');
 
// By default caching feeds is enabled, SimplePie caches the results to cache directory.
$simplepie->enable_cache(false);
 
// You can also strip html tags from the feed.
$simplepie->strip_htmltags();
 
// Init initializes the feed download and parsing.
$simplepie->init();
 
// Return right headers for rendering of the page.
$simplepie->handle_content_type();
 
foreach ($simplepie->get_items() as $item) {
  echo '<div class="items-from-feed">'.
    '<span class="date">'.$item->get_date('d/m/Y - H:i').'</span>'.
    '<a href="'.$item->get_permalink().'"><strong>'.$item->get_title().'</strong></a><br /><br />'.
    $item->get_description().
  '</div>';
}
Programming Language: PHP