Thread: Love Quotes Of The Day (RSS)

Example of using RSS to display different love quotes of the day (v4.1.0)

Code:

<?
/*
Love Quotes Of The Day
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Instructions
------------

1) Install Magpie RSS reader ( http://magpierss.sourceforge.net/ ).
2) Setup the cache directory as explained in the Magpie instructions.
3) Save this page as lovequotesoftheday.php
4) Add these entries to your language file:

    // Love Quotes Of The Day
    case "_LQUOTESOFTHEDAY_H": return "Love Quotes Of The Day";
    case "_LQUOTESOFTHEDAY_H1": return "Love Quotes Of The Day";

5) Give it a try.   http://www.yoursite.com/lovequotesoftheday.php
6) First time, load will be slow, but after that, it will come from the RSS cache
7) Add a link from someplace on your site to this page, lovequotesoftheday.php

*/

require_once( "inc/header.inc.php" );
require_once( "$dir[inc]db.inc.php" );
require_once( "$dir[inc]design.inc.php" );
require_once( "$dir[inc]profiles.inc.php" );
require_once( "magpierss/rss_fetch.inc" );

// --------------- page variables and login

// No special template needed, uses the default template as 16 does not exist
$_page[name_index] = 16;

$_page[header] = _t( "_LQUOTESOFTHEDAY_H" );
$_page[header_text] = _t( "_LQUOTESOFTHEDAY_H1" );


// --------------- page components

$_ni = $_page['name_index'];
$_page_cont[$_ni]['page_main_code'] = PageCompPageMainCode();

// --------------- [END] page components

PageCode();

// --------------- page components functions

/**
 * page code function
 */
function PageCompPageMainCode()
{
	global $content_w;
	
	$out = "";
	$out .= "<table width=".($content_w-20)." cellpadding=4 cellspacing=4><td align=center class=text2>";
	
	$url = "http://www.brainyquote.com/link/quotelo.rss";
    $rss = fetch_rss($url);
    	foreach ($rss->items as $item) {
		$href = $item['link'];
		$title = $item['title'];
		$description = $item['description'];
		$out .=  "<b>$title</b><br>$description<br><br>";
	}
	
    $out .= "</td></table>";
    $out .= "Quotes Updated Daily";

    return $out;
}
?>