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7.

Load

http://seophp.example.com/read_feed.php

, and you should get the results shown

in Figure 7-5.

Figure 7-5

So far, so good! Using

SimplePie

, it was almost too easy to read data from an external feed.

Again, you meet the advantages that OOP brings. The whole SimplePie library is based on a class

named SimplePie: all you have to do is to create an object of this class, and then start using the

appropriate methods:

<?php

// load the SimplePie library

require_once ‘include/simplepie.inc’;

// create and configure SimplePie object

$feed = new SimplePie();

$feed->feed_url(‘http://seophp.example.com/feed.php’);

$feed->cache_location(‘cache’);

$feed->init();

$feed->handle_content_type();

?>

For a detailed reference, please consult the SimplePie documentation at

http://simplepie.org/

docs/installation/getting-started/

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