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monkeypaw201 · July 4, 2010

I did this as a favor for someone, but I figured I'd share it with everyone.. you know, spread the wealth.

This code simply reads the RSS feed that SMF outputs (of the latest posts) and returns it as a list (with the option to make it linkable).

The implementation technique can vary, you could include the file, or just copy and paste it into your page (~100 lines).

<?php

/**

SMF Forum RSS Feed to Latest Posts List

Built for phpVMS
www.phpvms.net

Built by Lorenzo Aiello
www.la92.com

**/

/********* CONFIGURATION *********/

// Full URL to your SMF installation, WITH trailing slash
$board_url = 'http://forum.yourwebsite.com/';

// Want the list to be linkable? TRUE = Yes, FALSE = No
$linkable = TRUE;

/******* END CONFIGURATION *******/


/**

== STOP ==

DO

NOT

EDIT

BELOW

THIS

**/

function xml2ary(&$string) {
   $parser = xml_parser_create();
   xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0);
   xml_parse_into_struct($parser, $string, $vals, $index);
   xml_parser_free($parser);

   $mnary=array();
   $ary=&$mnary;
   foreach ($vals as $r) {
       $t=$r['tag'];
       if ($r['type']=='open') {
           if (isset($ary[$t])) {
               if (isset($ary[$t][0])) $ary[$t][]=array(); else $ary[$t]=array($ary[$t], array());
               $cv=&$ary[$t][count($ary[$t])-1];
           } else $cv=&$ary[$t];
           if (isset($r['attributes'])) {foreach ($r['attributes'] as $k=>$v) $cv['_a'][$k]=$v;}
           $cv['_c']=array();
           $cv['_c']['_p']=&$ary;
           $ary=&$cv['_c'];

       } elseif ($r['type']=='complete') {
           if (isset($ary[$t])) { // same as open
               if (isset($ary[$t][0])) $ary[$t][]=array(); else $ary[$t]=array($ary[$t], array());
               $cv=&$ary[$t][count($ary[$t])-1];
           } else $cv=&$ary[$t];
           if (isset($r['attributes'])) {foreach ($r['attributes'] as $k=>$v) $cv['_a'][$k]=$v;}
           $cv['_v']=(isset($r['value']) ? $r['value'] : '');

       } elseif ($r['type']=='close') {
           $ary=&$ary['_p'];
       }
   }    

   _del_p($mnary);
   return $mnary;
}

// _Internal: Remove recursion in result array
function _del_p(&$ary) {
   foreach ($ary as $k=>$v) {
       if ($k==='_p') unset($ary[$k]);
       elseif (is_array($ary[$k])) _del_p($ary[$k]);
   }
}

$feed = file_get_contents($board_url.'index.php?type=rss;action=.xml');
$feed = xml2ary($feed);

$feed = $feed['rss']['_c']['channel']['_c'];

foreach($feed['item'] as $item)
{
if($linkable)
{
	echo '<li><a href="'.$item['_c']['link']['_v'].'" target="_blank">'.$item['_c']['title']['_v'].'</a></li>';
}else{
	echo '<li>'.$item['_c']['title']['_v'].'</li>';
}
}

?>

monkeypaw201 · July 4, 2010

As a brief update..

A bug I found is that you will need at least two posts in your forum for this to work propery.

Also, if you get errors like this:

Warning: file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /home/XXXXX/public_html/lib/skins/XXXXX/frontpage_main.tpl on line XXXX

It means that your web hosting provider is a little paranoid with their PHP security, so you can use this code instead, which uses a different method of retrieving the information.

<?php

/**

SMF Forum RSS Feed to Latest Posts List

Built for phpVMS
www.phpvms.net

Built by Lorenzo Aiello
www.la92.com

**/

/********* CONFIGURATION *********/

// Full URL to your SMF installation, WITH trailing slash
$board_url = 'http://forum.yourwebsite.com/';

// Want the list to be linkable? TRUE = Yes, FALSE = No
$linkable = TRUE;

/******* END CONFIGURATION *******/


/**

== STOP ==

DO

NOT

EDIT

BELOW

THIS

**/

function xml2ary(&$string) {
   $parser = xml_parser_create();
   xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0);
   xml_parse_into_struct($parser, $string, $vals, $index);
   xml_parser_free($parser);

   $mnary=array();
   $ary=&$mnary;
   foreach ($vals as $r) {
       $t=$r['tag'];
       if ($r['type']=='open') {
           if (isset($ary[$t])) {
               if (isset($ary[$t][0])) $ary[$t][]=array(); else $ary[$t]=array($ary[$t], array());
               $cv=&$ary[$t][count($ary[$t])-1];
           } else $cv=&$ary[$t];
           if (isset($r['attributes'])) {foreach ($r['attributes'] as $k=>$v) $cv['_a'][$k]=$v;}
           $cv['_c']=array();
           $cv['_c']['_p']=&$ary;
           $ary=&$cv['_c'];

       } elseif ($r['type']=='complete') {
           if (isset($ary[$t])) { // same as open
               if (isset($ary[$t][0])) $ary[$t][]=array(); else $ary[$t]=array($ary[$t], array());
               $cv=&$ary[$t][count($ary[$t])-1];
           } else $cv=&$ary[$t];
           if (isset($r['attributes'])) {foreach ($r['attributes'] as $k=>$v) $cv['_a'][$k]=$v;}
           $cv['_v']=(isset($r['value']) ? $r['value'] : '');

       } elseif ($r['type']=='close') {
           $ary=&$ary['_p'];
       }
   }    

   _del_p($mnary);
   return $mnary;
}

// _Internal: Remove recursion in result array
function _del_p(&$ary) {
   foreach ($ary as $k=>$v) {
       if ($k==='_p') unset($ary[$k]);
       elseif (is_array($ary[$k])) _del_p($ary[$k]);
   }
}

$curl_handle=curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_URL,$board_url.'index.php?type=rss;action=.xml');
curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT,2);
curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);
$feed = curl_exec($curl_handle);
curl_close($curl_handle);

$feed = xml2ary($feed);

$feed = $feed['rss']['_c']['channel']['_c'];

foreach($feed['item'] as $item)
{
if($linkable)
{
	echo '<li><a href="'.$item['_c']['link']['_v'].'" target="_blank">'.$item['_c']['title']['_v'].'</a></li>';
}else{
	echo '<li>'.$item['_c']['title']['_v'].'</li>';
}
}

?>

Strider · July 29, 2010

I used that code, but I got

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/globalai/public_html/lib/skins/cargo2/frontpage_main.tpl on line 259

dimitris · July 30, 2010

i use the 1st code but

Warning: file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]: Couldn't resolve host name in /home/greeceai/public_html/fss/lib/skins/crystalogre/frontpage_main.tpl on line 112

Warning: file_get_contents(http://forum.yourwebsite.com/index.php?type=rss;action=.xml) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: operation failed in /home/greeceai/public_html/fss/lib/skins/crystalogre/frontpage_main.tpl on line 112

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/greeceai/public_html/fss/lib/skins/crystalogre/frontpage_main.tpl on line 117

the 2nd code

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/greeceai/public_html/fss/lib/skins/crystalogre/frontpage_main.tpl on line 123

the line 123 is :

foreach($feed['item'] as $item)

simpilot · July 31, 2010

With smf isn't it easier to just use the built in features of ssi.php that is already installed with the board?

Here is the one from the westjetvirtual board,

http://www.westjetvirtual.net/forum/ssi_examples.php

if you have smf installed you should be able to get to it by - path to your forum/ssi_examples.php

dimitris · July 31, 2010

With smf isn't it easier to just use the built in features of ssi.php that is already installed with the board?

Here is the one from the westjetvirtual board,

http://www.westjetvirtual.net/forum/ssi_examples.php

if you have smf installed you should be able to get to it by - path to your forum/ssi_examples.php

as always thank you ! working fine !

Strider · July 31, 2010

I tried that, but it didn't work, it gave me a fatal error, and the skin didn't work.

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