====== XML Reader/ RSS Feed ====== I wanted my own ad-free RSS Reader... ===== Code ===== I didnt want to load the .xml on access because I have this feed on the page which opens everytime I open a new tab in my browser. Add to crontab


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Add to webserver


") or die("Error: Cannot create object");
$news = $xml->xpath('//item');
 
//#### Create Table ####
echo '';
 
//#### Foreach news article do ####
foreach($news as $a)
{
        //#### Title of news ####
        echo '';
        //#### Date of news ####
        echo '';
        //#### Picture in news ####
        echo '';
        //#### Remove HTML tags from description ####
        $desc = strip_tags($a->description);
        //#### Open function to limit text to 250 chars ####
        echo '';
        //#### Some empty rows ####
        echo '';
        echo '';
}
echo "' . $a->title . '
' . $a->pubDate . '
' . truncate($desc) . '


";
 
//#### Function to limit text to 250 chars ####
//#### https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3161816/get-first-n-characters-of-a-string ####
function truncate($string,$length=250,$append="…") {
  $string = trim($string);
 
  if(strlen($string) > $length) {
    $string = wordwrap($string, $length);
    $string = explode("\n", $string, 2);
    $string = $string[0] . $append;
  }
 
  return $string;
}
 
?>

Insert to your page for the feed

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