A PHP library for feed format auto-detection and processing.
Parse just about any XML or CSV variant datafeed in PHP. Originally designed for working with affiliate product feeds it led to the development of Price Tapestry - a price comparison script for PHP and MySQL...
example1.php
<?php
require("MagicParser.php");
$url = "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml?edition=uk";
$formatString = MagicParser_getFormat($url);
print $formatString.PHP_EOL;
?>
$php example1.php
xml|RSS/CHANNEL/ITEM/example2.php
<?php
require("MagicParser.php");
function myRecordHandler($record)
{
print_r($record);
}
$url = "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml?edition=uk";
$formatString = "xml|RSS/CHANNEL/ITEM/";
MagicParser_parse($url,"myRecordHandler",$formatString);
?>
$php example2.php
...
Array
(
[ITEM] =>
[TITLE] => World Cup 2022: How to follow England's quarter-final with France
[DESCRIPTION] => England will take on France in a mouth-watering World Cup...
[LINK] => https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63843056?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
[GUID] => https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63843056
[GUID-ISPERMALINK] => false
[PUBDATE] => Sun, 04 Dec 2022 20:53:37 GMT
)
...