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Hi Guys.

Im a complete beginner in programming, and was given a link to http://www.globalsyndication.com/rss-parser to embed RSS Latest News in my site.

However when I copy and paste the code into my .php file I get an error "

"Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/.bess/adnan278/www.golfchum.com/test.php on line 110."

Anyone help? Here is the code:

PHP: 
<?php

/*
Created by Global Syndication's RSS Parser
http://www.globalsyndication.com/rss-parser
*/

set_time_limit(0);

$file = "http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/sportonline_uk_edition/golf/rss.xml#";

$rss_channel = array();
$currently_writing = "";
$main = "";
$item_counter = 0;

function startElement($parser, $name, $attrs) {
   	global $rss_channel, $currently_writing, $main;
   	switch($name) {
   		case "RSS":
   		case "RDF:RDF":
   		case "ITEMS":
   			$currently_writing = "";
   			break;
   		case "CHANNEL":
   			$main = "CHANNEL";
   			break;
   		case "IMAGE":
   			$main = "IMAGE";
   			$rss_channel["IMAGE"] = array();
   			break;
   		case "ITEM":
   			$main = "ITEMS";
   			break;
   		default:
   			$currently_writing = $name;
   			break;
   	}
}

function endElement($parser, $name) {
   	global $rss_channel, $currently_writing, $item_counter;
   	$currently_writing = "";
   	if ($name == "ITEM") {
   		$item_counter++;
   	}
}

function characterData($parser, $data) {
	global $rss_channel, $currently_writing, $main, $item_counter;
	if ($currently_writing != "") {
		switch($main) {
			case "CHANNEL":
				if (isset($rss_channel[$currently_writing])) {
					$rss_channel[$currently_writing] .= $data;
				} else {
					$rss_channel[$currently_writing] = $data;
				}
				break;
			case "IMAGE":
				if (isset($rss_channel[$main][$currently_writing])) {
					$rss_channel[$main][$currently_writing] .= $data;
				} else {
					$rss_channel[$main][$currently_writing] = $data;
				}
				break;
			case "ITEMS":
				if (isset($rss_channel[$main][$item_counter][$currently_writing])) {
					$rss_channel[$main][$item_counter][$currently_writing] .= $data;
				} else {
					$rss_channel[$main][$item_counter][$currently_writing] = $data;
				}
				break;
		}
	}
}

$xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "startElement", "endElement");
xml_set_character_data_handler($xml_parser, "characterData");
if (!($fp = fopen($file, "r"))) {
	die("could not open XML input");
}

while ($data = fread($fp, 4096)) {
	if (!xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp))) {
		die(sprintf("XML error: %s at line %d",
					xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xml_parser)),
					xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser)));
	}
}
xml_parser_free($xml_parser);

// output HTML
 print ("<div class=\"channelname\">" . $rss_channel["TITLE"] . "</div>"); 
 print ("<div class=\"channeldescription\">" . $rss_channel["DESCRIPTION"] . "</div><br />"); 
if (isset($rss_channel["ITEMS"])) {
	if (count($rss_channel["ITEMS"]) > 0) {
		for($i = 0;$i < count($rss_channel["ITEMS"]);$i++) {
			if (isset($rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["LINK"])) {
			print ("\n<div class=\"itemtitle\"><a href=\"" . $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["LINK"] . "\">" . $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["TITLE"] . "</a></div>");
			} else {
			print ("\n<div class=\"itemtitle\">" . $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["TITLE"] . "</div>");
			}
			 print ("<div class=\"itemdescription\">" . $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["DESCRIPTION"] . "</div><br />"); 		}
	} else {
		print ("<b>There are no articles in this feed.</b>");
	}
}
print ("<span style="font-size:xx-small;"><a href=\"http://www.globalsyndication.com/rss-parser\" style=\"color:white;\">Free PHP RSS Parser</a> - <a href=\"http://www.globalsyndication.com/rss-hosting\" style=\"color:white\">RSS Newsfeed Hosting</a></span>");
?>
 
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Looks like you have odd numbers of brackets () in some places...you need to check your brackets, you cant have something like this:

if(!($foo) = (!($bar)))))

Which seems to be the case on the above code.
 
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xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser)));

Seems to be oen of the problems.

Actually, the problem that is being reported (Line 110) is this

PHP: 
print ("<span style="font-size:xx-small;"><a href=\"http://www.globalsyndication.com/rss-parser\" style=\"color:white;\">Free PHP RSS Parser</a> - <a href=\"http://www.globalsyndication.com/rss-hosting\" style=\"color:white\">RSS Newsfeed Hosting</a></span>");

Change it to:

PHP: 
print ("<span style=\"font-size:xx-small;\"><a href=\"http://www.globalsyndication.com/rss-parser\" style=\"color:white;\">Free PHP RSS Parser</a> - <a href=\"http://www.globalsyndication.com/rss-hosting\" style=\"color:white\">RSS Newsfeed Hosting</a></span>");
 
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Thanks so far guys,

Well I went through and checked all the brackets to make sure they paired up, so that seems to be fixed (thanks rmwebs).

I also changed the 2 things you mentioned Tree so thankyou for pointing that out.

I uploaded the file and now it comes up with

"Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/.bess/adnan278/www.golfchum.com/test.php on line 88"

Here is the code as it stands, so further help would be much appreciated:

PHP: 
<?php

/*
Created by Global Syndication's RSS Parser
http://www.globalsyndication.com/rss-parser
*/

set_time_limit(0);

$file = "http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/sportonline_uk_edition/golf/rss.xml#";

$rss_channel = array();
$currently_writing = "";
$main = "";
$item_counter = 0;

function startElement($parser, $name, $attrs) {
   	global $rss_channel, $currently_writing, $main;
   	switch($name) {
   		case "RSS":
   		case "RDF:RDF":
   		case "ITEMS":
   			$currently_writing = "";
   			break;
   		case "CHANNEL":
   			$main = "CHANNEL";
   			break;
   		case "IMAGE":
   			$main = "IMAGE";
   			$rss_channel["IMAGE"] = array();
   			break;
   		case "ITEM":
   			$main = "ITEMS";
   			break;
   		default:
   			$currently_writing = $name;
   			break;
   	}
}

function endElement($parser, $name) {
   	global $rss_channel, $currently_writing, $item_counter;
   	$currently_writing = "";
   	if ($name == "ITEM") {
   		$item_counter++;
   	}
}

function characterData($parser, $data) {
	global $rss_channel, $currently_writing, $main, $item_counter;
	if ($currently_writing != "") {
		switch($main) {
			case "CHANNEL":
				if (isset($rss_channel[$currently_writing])) {
					$rss_channel[$currently_writing] .= $data;
				} else {
					$rss_channel[$currently_writing] = $data;
				}
				break;
			case "IMAGE":
				if (isset($rss_channel[$main][$currently_writing])) {
					$rss_channel[$main][$currently_writing] .= $data;
				} else {
					$rss_channel[$main][$currently_writing] = $data;
				}
				break;
			case "ITEMS":
				if (isset($rss_channel[$main][$item_counter][$currently_writing])) {
					$rss_channel[$main][$item_counter][$currently_writing] .= $data;
				} else {
					$rss_channel[$main][$item_counter][$currently_writing] = $data;
				}
				break;
		}
	}
}

$xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "startElement", "endElement");
xml_set_character_data_handler($xml_parser, "characterData");
if (!($fp = fopen($file, "r"))) {
	die("could not open XML input");
}

while ($data = fread($fp, 4096)) {
	if (!xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp))) {
		die(sprintf("XML error: %s at line %d"))
					xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xml_parser)),
					xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser),
xml_parser_free($xml_parser);

// output HTML
 print ("<div class=\"channelname\">" . $rss_channel["TITLE"] . "</div>"); 
 print ("<div class=\"channeldescription\">" . $rss_channel["DESCRIPTION"] . "</div><br />"); 
if (isset($rss_channel["ITEMS"])) {
	if (count($rss_channel["ITEMS"]) > 0) {
		for($i = 0;$i < count($rss_channel["ITEMS"]);$i++) {
			if (isset($rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["LINK"])) {
			print ("\n<div class=\"itemtitle\"><a href=\"" . $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["LINK"] . "\">" . $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["TITLE"] . "</a></div>");
			} else {
			print ("\n<div class=\"itemtitle\">" . $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["TITLE"] . "</div>");
			}
			 print ("<div class=\"itemdescription\">" . $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["DESCRIPTION"] . "</div><br />"); 		}
	} else {
		print ("<b>There are no articles in this feed.</b>");
	}
}
print ("<span style=\"font-size:xx-small;\"><a href=\"http://www.globalsyndication.com/rss-parser\" style=\"color:white;\">Free PHP RSS Parser</a> - <a href=\"http://www.globalsyndication.com/rss-hosting\" style=\"color:white\">RSS Newsfeed Hosting</a></span>");
?>
 
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Lines 85-90:
PHP: 
while ($data = fread($fp, 4096)) {
    if (!xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp))) {
        die(sprintf("XML error: %s at line %d"))
                    xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xml_parser)),  
                    xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser),
xml_parser_free($xml_parser);

If I understand the code correctly, change it to this

PHP: 
while ($data = fread($fp, 4096)) {
    if (!xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp))) {
        die(sprintf("XML error: %s at line %d")
                    xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xml_parser)),  
                    xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser),
xml_parser_free($xml_parser));
 
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I spent a few minutes playing with it on my local host and fixed all the problems, it was mainly missing brackets and ; on the ends of rows, here is the working code :

PHP: 
  <?php

/*
Created by Global Syndication's RSS Parser
http://www.globalsyndication.com/rss-parser
Modified By RMWebs
*/

set_time_limit(0);

$file = "http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/sportonline_uk_edition/golf/rss.xml#";

$rss_channel = array();
$currently_writing = "";
$main = "";
$item_counter = 0;

function startElement($parser, $name, $attrs) {
       global $rss_channel, $currently_writing, $main;
       switch($name) {
           case "RSS":
           case "RDF:RDF":
           case "ITEMS":
               $currently_writing = "";
               break;
           case "CHANNEL":
               $main = "CHANNEL";
               break;
           case "IMAGE":
               $main = "IMAGE";
               $rss_channel["IMAGE"] = array();
               break;
           case "ITEM":
               $main = "ITEMS";
               break;
           default:
               $currently_writing = $name;
               break;
       }
}

function endElement($parser, $name) {
       global $rss_channel, $currently_writing, $item_counter;
       $currently_writing = "";
       if ($name == "ITEM") {
           $item_counter++;
       }
}

function characterData($parser, $data) {
    global $rss_channel, $currently_writing, $main, $item_counter;
    if ($currently_writing != "") {
        switch($main) {
            case "CHANNEL":
                if (isset($rss_channel[$currently_writing])) {
                    $rss_channel[$currently_writing] .= $data;
                } else {
                    $rss_channel[$currently_writing] = $data;
                }
                break;
            case "IMAGE":
                if (isset($rss_channel[$main][$currently_writing])) {
                    $rss_channel[$main][$currently_writing] .= $data;
                } else {
                    $rss_channel[$main][$currently_writing] = $data;
                }
                break;
            case "ITEMS":
                if (isset($rss_channel[$main][$item_counter][$currently_writing])) {
                    $rss_channel[$main][$item_counter][$currently_writing] .= $data;
                } else {
                    $rss_channel[$main][$item_counter][$currently_writing] = $data;
                }
                break;
        }
    }
}

$xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
xml_set_element_handler($xml_parser, "startElement", "endElement");
xml_set_character_data_handler($xml_parser, "characterData");
if (!($fp = fopen($file, "r"))) {
    die("could not open XML input");
}

while ($data = fread($fp, 4096)) {
    if (!xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp))) {
        die(sprintf("XML error: %s at line %d"));
                    xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xml_parser));  
                    xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser);
xml_parser_free($xml_parser);
	}
}
// output HTML
 print ("<div class=\"channelname\">" . $rss_channel["TITLE"] . "</div>"); 
 print ("<div class=\"channeldescription\">" . $rss_channel["DESCRIPTION"] . "</div><br />"); 
if (isset($rss_channel["ITEMS"])) {
    if (count($rss_channel["ITEMS"]) > 0) {
        for($i = 0;$i < count($rss_channel["ITEMS"]);$i++) {
            if (isset($rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["LINK"])) {
            print ("\n<div class=\"itemtitle\"><a href=\"" . $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["LINK"] . "\">" . $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["TITLE"] . "</a></div>");
            } else {
            print ("\n<div class=\"itemtitle\">" . $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["TITLE"] . "</div>");
            }
             print ("<div class=\"itemdescription\">" . $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["DESCRIPTION"] . "</div><br />");         }
    } else {
        print ("<b>There are no articles in this feed.</b>");
    }
}
print ("<span style=\"font-size:xx-small;\"><a href=\"http://www.globalsyndication.com/rss-parser\" style=\"color:white;\">Free PHP RSS Parser</a> - <a href=\"http://www.globalsyndication.com/rss-hosting\" style=\"color:white\">RSS Newsfeed Hosting</a></span>");
?>

Rick :)
 
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Thanks Rick,

I copied and pasted your code into my test.php document, and now it comes up with the error:

"Warning: fopen() [function.fopen]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /home/.bess/adnan278/www.golfchum.com/test.php on line 82

Warning: fopen(http://news.google.ca/news?q=golf&ie=UTF-8&output=rss) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /home/.bess/adnan278/www.golfchum.com/test.php on line 82
could not open XML input"

Is there something wrong with my host. Does it not support this version of PHP? More help would be appreciated Rick! :) Iv repped you anyway!
 
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adnan278 said:
Thanks Rick,

I copied and pasted your code into my test.php document, and now it comes up with the error:

"Warning: fopen() [function.fopen]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /home/.bess/adnan278/www.golfchum.com/test.php on line 82

Warning: fopen(http://news.google.ca/news?q=golf&ie=UTF-8&output=rss) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /home/.bess/adnan278/www.golfchum.com/test.php on line 82
could not open XML input"

Is there something wrong with my host. Does it not support this version of PHP? More help would be appreciated Rick! :) Iv repped you anyway!
Click to expand...
"Warning: fopen() [function.fopen]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /home/.bess/adnan278/www.golfchum.com/test.php on line 82
Click to expand...
allow_url_fopen is disabled by your host.
 
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Thanks Guys,

Just a quick update. I searched on Google for another way to embed RSS and I found a good Javascript version at http://feed2js.org/, which you can also customize through CSS. Its really good, so it seems like I wasted my time with the PHP! Thanks anyway for your efforts. Reps added to all who helped!
 
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I think its just the way the php one was coded, it was using non-standard ways of coding which made it very messy to patch up :)

Glad you got something working though :tu:
 
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