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Reading Feeds using SimplePie

1.

To function properly, SimplePie needs a few libraries, as shown in Figure 7-4. If you’ve pre-

pared Apache and PHP as instructed in Chapter 1, you should have all the necessary libraries

installed and enabled, except cURL. To enable cURL, open the

php.ini

configuration file

(located by default in

\xampp\apache\bin

), uncomment the following line by removing

the leading semicolon, and then restart Apache:

extension=php_curl.dll

2.

Download the SimplePie package from

http://simplepie.org/downloads/

.

3.

Unzip the downloaded file, which should be called something like

simplepie_

ver

.zip

, some-

where on your disk. Then copy

simplepie.inc

, which is the PHP file you’re interested in, to

your

seophp/include

folder.

4.

SimplePie is very developer friendly. Apart from the excellent documentation, SimplePie also

ships with a script that tests if your PHP installation supports SimplePie. If you are not sure if

your machine supports SimplePie, copy

sp_compatiliby_test.php

from the downloaded

package to your

seophp

folder. Then, loading

sp_compatibility_test.php

in your web

browser would provide a useful assessment — see Figure 7-4.

5.

Create a folder named

cache

under your

seophp

folder. The

seophp/cache

folder will be used

by SimplePie for caching purposes.

Figure 7-4

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