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julianochrist

05-02-2008 04:16 AM

what a headache

hello... here's the code
what i wanted to know is how do I list only the 5 first items from the xml? the foreach is taking all items from the xml code.

<?php
require_once "XML/RSS.php";

$rss =& new XML_RSS("sample.xml");
$rss->parse();

echo " <ul>\n";

foreach ($rss->getItems() as $item) {

echo "<li><a href=\"" . $item['link'] . "\">" . $item['title'] .
"</a></li>\n";

}

echo "</ul>\n";
?>

sjaq	05-02-2008 08:29 AM

PHP Code:


		
			
    $i = 0;

    foreach ($rss->getItems() as $item) {

        echo "<li><a href=\"" . $item['link'] . "\">" . $item['title'] . "</a></li>\n";
        
        ++$i;
        
        if($i === 5) break;

    }

Salathe

05-02-2008 03:24 PM

Alternatively you could only feed the first 5 items into the foreach.

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php

require_once "XML/RSS.php";



$rss =& new XML_RSS("sample.xml");

$rss->parse();



echo " <ul>\n";



// Use only the first 5 items

$items = array_slice($rss->getItems(), 0, 5);



foreach ($items as $item) {



echo "<li><a href=\"" . $item['link'] . "\">" . $item['title'] .

"</a></li>\n";



}



echo "</ul>\n";

?>

julianochrist

05-03-2008 05:47 AM

i didnt get it... so $rss->items() return an array?

Garrett

05-03-2008 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by julianochrist (Post 14193)

i didnt get it... so $rss->items() return an array?

I am sure if you look in the documentation or even the class itself they establish what it returns.

Aaron

05-03-2008 09:47 AM

Why not use a FOR loop?

Salathe

05-03-2008 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by julianochrist (Post 14193)

i didnt get it... so $rss->items() return an array?

Yes, $rss->getItems() returns an array.

Quote:

Originally Posted by http://pear.php.net/package/XML_RSS/docs/latest/apidoc/XML_RSS/XML_RSS.html#methodgetItems

getItems [line 393]
array getItems( )

Get items from RSS file

This method returns an array containing the set of items that are provided by the RSS file.

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