PHP include of script inside smarty template file

[Jim_Westergren]

I need help!

Been trying for hours and also by googling and asking other people but don't get this shit to work.

I have a php script that displays a feed from my blog. An example can be seen on netmarketing.us

I want to set this up on my directories. My directories use the phplinkdirectory script which is done in smarty.

If I try this in the template file:

{php}include('rss.php');{/php}

Nothing gets output as HTML. There is nothing in the source code at all.

If I add this to the index.php:

include('rss.php');
$tpl->assign('RSS', $RSS);


And then use {$RSS} in the template file what happens is that it works but the feed gets displayed on the top of the file before all other HTML code and not where I want it.

I really need some help on this and can pay if needed. The only solution I could think of is to use iframes that calls a php file and on that file I can run the script, but iframes are not good SEO wise ...

The rss.php looks like this:

<?php

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

set_time_limit(0);

#### Here is the feed URL:

$file = "http://www.jimwestergren.com/category/online-marketing/feed/";

$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

### NOT NEEDED ####  print ("<div class=\"channelname\">" . $rss_channel["TITLE"] . "</div>"); 

if (isset($rss_channel["ITEMS"])) {
	if (count($rss_channel["ITEMS"]) > 0) {
# SIFFRAN NUMMER 5 NEDAN ANGER HUR MÅNGA SKA VISAS
		for($i = 0;$i < 5;$i++)  {
			if (isset($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>");
	}
}

?>

 

[mch]

My first guess is that maybe the RSS content gets to the output even before the <html> and that's why it is displayed on the top. I need to see the actual smarty template, the php script to say something useful.