note 61574 added to function.dom-domdocument-createelement

Simple way to create an rss feed using php5 <?php //create xml doc $doc = new DOMDocument("1.0"); //create the rss element $root = $doc->createElement('rss'); $root = $doc->appendChild($root); $root->setAttribute('version','2.0'); //create the channel element $channel = $doc->createElement("channel"); $channel = $root->appendChild($channel); $elements = array(); $elements["title"] = "my feed's title"; $elements["link"] = "http://mydomain.com/index.rss"; $elements["description"] = "Demonstration feed created using PHP5 and the DOM extension. The php script that generated this document can be found at : http://thousandrobots.com/dev/xml/dom/auto.phps"; $elements["language"] = "en-us"; $elements["copyright"] = "copyright 2005 thousandrobots.com"; $elements["docs"] = "http://backend.userland.com/rss"; $elements["generator"] = "thousand robots dom-based rss generator"; $elements["managingEditor"] = "editor@spam.thousandrob0ts.com (ADM)"; $elements["webMaster"] = "webmaster@spam.thousandrob0ts.com (ADM)"; $elements["lastBuildDate"] = "Sat, 05 Feb 2005 23:39:07 EST"; foreach ($elements as $elementname => $elementvalue) { $elementname = $doc->createElement($elementname); $elementname = $channel->appendChild($elementname); $elementname->appendChild($doc->createTextNode($elementvalue)); } //clear the array unset($elements); //now create the first feed item //instead, you could just pull some items from a db into an elements[] array. $elements[0]["title"] = "title of first item"; $elements[0]["description"] = "a short description of the first item"; $elements[0]["link"] = "http://thousandrobots.com/?article=1"; $elements[0]["author"] = "author@spam.thousandrob0ts.com (ADM)"; $elements[0]["pubDate"] = "Sat, 05 Feb 2005 23:39:07 EST"; $elements[0]["category"] = "tech"; $elements[0]["guid"] = "http://thousandrobots.com/?article=1"; //create the other items $elements[1]["title"] = "title of next item"; $elements[1]["description"] = "a short description of the next item"; $elements[1]["link"] = "http://thousandrobots.com/?article=N"; $elements[1]["author"] = "author@spam.thousandrob0ts.com (ADM)"; $elements[1]["pubDate"] = "Sat, 05 Feb 2005 22:39:07 EST"; $elements[1]["category"] = "tech"; $elements[1]["guid"] = "http://thousandrobots.com/?article=N"; //loop through each item and add its elements to the tree foreach ( $elements as $element ) { //create the item element $item = $doc->createElement("item"); $item = $channel->appendChild($item); foreach ( $element as $elementname => $elementvalue ) { $elementname = $doc->createElement($elementname); $elementname = $item->appendChild($elementname); $elementname->appendChild($doc->createTextNode($elementvalue)); } } //output the xml header('Content-Type: text/xml'); echo $doc->saveXML(); ?> ---- Server IP: 203.199.107.94 Probable Submitter: 196.12.37.123 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.dom-domdocument-createelement.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+61574 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61574&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61574&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61574&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61574&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61574&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61574&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61574&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+61574&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php