XML & PHP

Convert RSS feeds to HTML. Easily display news from other sites on your site, or convert your RSS feed to JavaScript for others to import. Supports RSS 0.91 thru 2.0. Many options for formatting output. Caches for quick redisplay. Works with proxy servers, password protected feeds, and redirected feeds. Filter and aggregate content from multiple feeds. Easily integrates with Tetra DHTML+AJAX scroller. Use with Grouper Evolution to display Atom feeds.

This is a sample to illustrate how one can use PHP and cURL to access an existing XML feed for US weather. It grabs both current conditions and a nine day future forecast based on the zipcode that one enters. Unlike a lot of other PHP weather tools, this one doesn't screen scrape from yahoo or pirate MSNBC's feed... so, while it can only do US weather, you can do it with a bit of peace of mind.

MagpieRSS is an RSS parser that uses PHP's built in XML parser, for better support and flexibility. Supports all version of RSS, including namespaces and RSS 1.0 modules. Has a simple to use functional interface, and integrated cache system. Is Last-Modified, and ETag aware. Optionally use HTT gzip encoding. Now with better examples, Smarty integration, and a cookbook.

The Incutio XML-RPC library is designed primarily for ease of use. It incorporates both client and server classes, and is designed to hide as much of the workings of XML-RPC from the user as possible. A key feature of the library is automatic type conversion from PHP types to XML-RPC types and vice versa. This should enable developers to write web services with very little knowledge of the underlying XML-RPC standard.