My RSS Reader Script Is Not Working

[newsiness]

My site:
http://67.222.129.208/~penangbr/yahoo_topstories.php

If you go to the url above, you will see that all the images are broken. The reason is that the reader unable to show the "&" symbol in the image url.

Compare the image url
working: [/url]http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090108/capt.208369ddd84b4d0684a7ac97c7bdfee4.obama_economy_vacd101.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=V7sYYnVeJhG8iJGltKf8uw--[/url]

broken: [/url]http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090108/capt.208369ddd84b4d0684a7ac97c7bdfee4.obama_economy_vacd101.jpg?x=130y=85q=85sig=V7sYYnVeJhG8iJGltKf8uw--[/url]

I have uploaded the scripts as in the attachment.
feedReader.inc.txt --> change it to feedReader.inc.php
RSSReader.txt --> change it to RSSReader
yahoo_topstories.txt --> change it to yahoo_topstories.php

Will pay 200NP for the fixes.

Thanks!!!

 

[nasaboy007]

Try putting urlencode around the variables when you get the URL for image (and then url decode when you echo the variable to display the image)

 

[newsiness]

nasaboy007,

i did try this
$output = $this->data['item']['description'][$item];
$output = urlencode($output);
$output = urldecode($output);
echo $output;

still no luck and not working.
do you have any other idea? Thanks

 

[nasaboy007]

try doing that in the rssfeed grabbing class where they get the image.im not sure but it's just a suggestion - it's really weird that it doesnt take the & signs.


if that still doesn't work, then im not sure - if all your image urls are in that format (with those get variables), you can add in the and signs yourself by exploding at the x= etc.

 

[newsiness]

I need this urgently.
will pay $10 for the fix. Thanks!!!
(via Paypal)

Update:
Dan has resolved this issue....He is really a great man.

closed.

 

[nasaboy007]

Just curious (and for anybody else who may have a similar problem), what was the solution? And what was the cause of the initial problem?

 

[Daniel]

Just curious (and for anybody else who may have a similar problem), what was the solution? And what was the cause of the initial problem?

The solution was use my own RSS class (based on SimpleXML.)

Had a look through the class that was there, was a long knotted class anyway, rewrote it and problem solved. Also made implementing it much nicer.

Dan.