FeedLines is an easy-to-use PHP script that allows you to run a headline aggregator website like this one. It requires no database, no installation, and works with virtually any type of RSS or ATOM feed.
Really Simple Syndication or RSS is a XML based file used to broadcasting website content such as latest news, blog post and other kind of website updates. RSS feeds can be download and read by RSS reader application. There are many RSS reader around but the most popular is NewzCrawler, FeedDemon, and Feedreader.
Last week, we presented a simple framework (named XMLCast) for distributing content to a variety of devices using XML. This application was built using Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP) technology but we realize that many of you aren't using ASP (we aren't either). This article will present the concept of XML parsing using the PHP scripting language. In the coming weeks, we will follow this example up with an expansion of XMLCast using other tools such as XSLT and Cocoon.
Unless you have been living in a cave somewhere without Internet access for the last few years, you have undoubtedly heard of XML, SOAP and Multi-Tiered Application Programming. If you are like many programmers, including myself, you were quite taken aback by these ideas and technologies. You may have gone so far as to simply dismiss them as irrelevant to your skill set. It's time to wake up and realize they're here to stay... and for good reason!
Learn how to get your MySQL database description / layout in an XML format. If you are an absolute beginner in XML than it can be useful to read first an XML introduction tutorial.
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