<?PHP 
HEADER('content-type: text/plain'); 
 
// define hooks to rss_parser class as xml functions do not allow object methods as handlers. 
FUNCTION rss_start_element($parser, $name, $attributes) { 
  GLOBAL $rss; 
  $rss->start_element($parser, $name, $attributes); 
} 
 
FUNCTION rss_end_element($parser, $name) { 
  GLOBAL $rss; 
  $rss->end_element($parser, $name); 
} 
 
FUNCTION rss_character_data($parser, $data) { 
  GLOBAL $rss; 
  $rss->character_data($parser, $data); 
} 
 
 
CLASS rss_parser { 
 
// constructor. setup parser options and handlers. 
FUNCTION rss_parser() { 
  $this->error = ''; 
  $this->file = ''; 
 
  $this->channel = ARRAY(); 
  $this->data = ''; 
  $this->stack = ARRAY(); 
  $this->num_items = 0; 
 
  $this->xml_parser = XML_PARSER_CREATE(); 
  XML_SET_ELEMENT_HANDLER($this->xml_parser, "rss_start_element", "rss_end_element"); 
  XML_SET_CHARACTER_DATA_HANDLER($this->xml_parser, "rss_character_data"); 
} 
 
FUNCTION character_data($parser, $data) { 
  IF (EMPTY($this->data)) $this->data = TRIM($data); // concatenate non-parsed data... 
  ELSE $this->data .= ' '.TRIM($data);               // and get rid of white space. 
} 
 
FUNCTION start_element($parser, $name, $attrs) { 
  SWITCH($name) { 
    CASE 'RSS': 
      BREAK; 
 
    CASE 'CHANNEL': 
      BREAK; 
 
    CASE 'IMAGE': 
      ARRAY_PUSH($this->stack, $name); 
      BREAK; 
 
    CASE 'ITEM': 
      ARRAY_PUSH($this->stack, $name); 
      ARRAY_PUSH($this->stack, $this->num_items); // push item index. 
      $this->item[$this->num_items] = ARRAY(); 
      $this->num_items++; 
      BREAK; 
 
    CASE 'TEXTINPUT': 
      ARRAY_PUSH($this->stack, $name); 
      BREAK; 
 
    DEFAULT: 
      ARRAY_PUSH($this->stack, $name); 
      BREAK; 
 
  }   
} 
 
FUNCTION end_element($parser, $name) { 
  SWITCH ($name) { 
    CASE 'RSS': 
      BREAK; 
 
    CASE 'CHANNEL': 
      BREAK; 
 
    CASE 'IMAGE': 
      ARRAY_POP($this->stack); 
      BREAK; 
 
    CASE 'ITEM': 
      ARRAY_POP($this->stack); 
      ARRAY_POP($this->stack); 
      BREAK; 
 
    CASE 'TEXTINPUT': 
      ARRAY_POP($this->stack); 
      BREAK; 
 
    DEFAULT: // child element. 
      $element = (IMPLODE("']['",$this->stack));      
      EVAL("\$this->channel['$element']=\$this->data;"); // this does all the hard work. 
      ARRAY_POP($this->stack); 
      $this->data = ''; 
      BREAK; 
  } 
}
 
 
FUNCTION parse() { 
  IF (!($fp = @FOPEN($this->file, "r"))) { 
    $this->error = "Could not open RSS source \"$this->file\"."; 
    RETURN FALSE; 
  } 
  WHILE ($data = FREAD($fp, 4096)) { 
    IF (!XML_PARSE($this->xml_parser, $data, FEOF($fp))) { 
      $this->error = SPRINTF("XML error: %s at line %d.", 
        XML_ERROR_STRING(XML_GET_ERROR_CODE($this->xml_parser)), 
        XML_GET_CURRENT_LINE_NUMBER($this->xml_parser)); 
      RETURN FALSE; 
    } 
  } 
  XML_PARSER_FREE($this->xml_parser); 
  RETURN TRUE; 
} 
 
 
 
} // class rss_parser. 
 
// try it out... 
$rss = NEW rss_parser(); 
$rss->file = 'http://freebsddiary.org/news.php3'; 
$rss->parse() or DIE($rss->error); 
IF ($rss->error) PRINT $rss->error; 
 
PRINT_R($rss->channel); // PHP 4 needed for this to work. 
?>