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<?php
#*****************************************************************************
#
# newstohtml.php
#
# Author: 15022010
# Last updated: 2007-05-29
#
# Description: Function to generate html from news.xml. Borrowed heavily from
# eclipse.org-common/rss.php.
#
#
#****************************************************************************
/*
* This function returns a String containing the HTML representing
* the contents of the file provided. Only the name of the file containing
* the news content and the title are required.
*
* $file_name - name of the file containing the news data. This
* file is specified in terms the operating system will understand
* (i.e. a file name, not a URL)
*
* $title - the title that will go on the header
*
* $rss_url - If provided, an "RSS" link will be rendered. When clicked
* the user will be sent to this URL. Use this to provide the user with
* a way to access the RSS file directly (so they can use it in their
* favourite news reader. Defaults to false meaning that no "RSS" link
* be rendered.
*
* $more_url - If provided, a "More" link will be rendered. When clicked
* the user will be sent to this URL. This is intended to be used to send
* the user to more information about the news feed. If you're displaying
* a 'short' format of the news, you might use this to provide a link to
* a 'long' format version of the same information. Defaults to "false"
* meaning that no "More" link will be rendered.
*
* $add_permalink - If provided, an href is generated. This intended to be a
* permanant link to the news item. Anchors of the form 'permalink<number>'
* are always generated in reverse order that the items are encountered.
* If $more_url is specified, the href will be of the form
* 'more_url#permalink<number>' and the more_url is assumed to be the page
* with the permanant copy of the same feed. Otherwise the link will be to
* the same page.
*
* $format - either 'long' or 'short'. Currently toggles whether
* or not the description is shown (shown only if set to 'long'). Defaults
* to 'long'.
*
* $count - the maximum number of entries displayed. Defaults to 1000.
* Note that no sorting is done; items are displayed as they occur in the
* file.
*
*/
function news_to_html($file_name, $title, $rss_url=false, $more_url=false, $add_permalink=true, $format='long', $count=1000) {
$xml = simplexml_load_file($file_name);
if (!in_array($format, array ('short', 'long'))) {
$format = 'short';
}
//$html = "<h3>";
$html = "";
// Add the RSS image on the right
if ($rss_url) {
$html .= "<a href=\"$rss_url\"><img src=\"/images/rss.gif\" align=\"right\" title=\"RSS Feed\" alt=\"[RSS]\" /></a>";
}
// Add the title of the channel
$html .= "$title";
// If we're displaying short format, provide a link to
// show news in long format.
if ($more_url)
$html .= "&nbsp;<a href=\"$more_url\"><img src=\"/images/more.gif\" title=\"More...\" alt=\"[More]\" /></a>";
//$html .= "</h3>";
$html .= "<ul class=\"midlist\">";
$item_count = count($xml->item);
foreach ($xml->item as $item) {
if ($count == 0) break;
$html .= "<li>";
// set up anchors and links. We go in reverse order of xml item feed.
$anchor = "permalink${item_count}";
$permalink = "${more_url}#${anchor}";
$html .= "<a name=\"$anchor\" />";
if ($item['title']) {
$link = $item['link'] ? $item['link'] : $permalink;
$html .= "<a href=\"$link\" target=\"_blank\">" . $item['title'] . "</a>";
$html .= " ";
}
// Get date in UTC.
$date = date("M d, Y", strtotime($item['date'] . "+00:00"));
$date = str_replace(" ", "&nbsp;", $date);
$html .= "Posted&nbsp;$date";
if ($add_permalink) {
$html .= " | <a href=\"$permalink\">Permalink</a>";
}
if ($format == 'long') {
// Get item as xml and replace <item> tags with <p> leaving else untouched.
$item_xml = $item->asXML();
$item_xml = preg_replace('/<item.*?>/', '<p>', $item_xml);
$item_xml = preg_replace('/<\/item>/', '</p>', $item_xml);
$html .= $item_xml;
}
$html .= "</li>";
$count--;
$item_count--;
}
$html .= "</ul>";
return $html;
}
?>