App Directory >> CakePHP RSS + XML + Time by Ajay Anturkar

CakePHP RSS + XML + Time

RSS Helper

• The RSS helper makes generating XML for RSS feeds easy.

Sample View File


    $rss = get::helper('rss');
    if (!isset($documentData)) {
        $documentData = array();
    }
    if (!isset($channelData)) {
        $channelData = array();
    }
    if (!isset($channelData['title'])) {
        $channelData['title'] = "Test title";
    } 
    $documentData = array('xmlns:dc' => 'http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/');

    $channelData= array(
        'title' => 'Most Recent Posts',
        'link' => 'http://www.yourwebsite.com/path/',
        'description' => 'Test Description.',
        'language' => 'en-us');
             
    $content_for_layout=$rss->item(array(), array(
        'title' => 'Test Title ',
        'link' => 'http://www.yourwebsite.com',
        'guid' => array('url' => 'http://www.yourwebsite.com', 'isPermaLink' => 'true'),
        'description' =>  'Test Description',
        'creator' => 'Creator Name',
        'pubDate' => '2011-06-25 07:12:16'));
          
    $channel = $rss->channel(array(), $channelData, $content_for_layout);
    echo $rss->document($documentData,$channel);


Time Helper

It allows for the quick processing of time related information. The Time Helper has two main tasks that it can perform:

• It can format time strings.
• It can test time.

• Uses "CakePHP i18n + l10n" component by Diogo ResendeDiogo Resende with some modifications

Functions

• fromString( $date_string )
• toQuarter( $date_string, $range = false )
• toUnix( $date_string )
• toAtom( $date_string )
• toRSS( $date_string )
• nice( $date_string = null )
• niceShort( $date_string = null )
• daysAsSql( $begin, $end, $fieldName, $userOffset = NULL )
• dayAsSql( $date_string, $field_name )
• timeAgoInWords( $datetime_string, $options = array(), $backwards = null )
• gmt( $date_string = null )
• format( $format = 'd-m-Y', $date_string)

How to use Time Helper


$time = get::helper('time');
echo $time->nice('1206975600');// Output: Mon, Mar S 2008, 10:00


XML Helper

The XML Helper simplifies the output of XML documents.

• serialize($data, $options = array())


echo $this->Xml->serialize($data); 


• string elem (string $name, $attrib = array(), mixed $content = null, $endTag = true)


echo $this->Xml->elem('count', null, array('cdata'=>true,'value'=>'content'));


• header(): This method is used to output the XML declaration


echo $this->Xml->header();