Limiting MagpieRSS entries???

Can some one explain how I control the number of entries from RSS feeds that Magpie will display? The install instructions are pretty vague IMO.

thx

 

Post your code, I will adapt it.

 

Wow thanks. Code below.

<?php
//---Code to display RSS feeds using MagpieRSS
include "magpierss/rss_fetch.inc"; //include the magpierss script
define('MAGPIECACHEDIR', '/tmp/magpie_cache');
$url = 'http://website.com/forums/external.php'; //this is the url of the feed, enter your own url here
$num_items = 2;
$rss = fetch_rss( $url );

$items = array_slice($rss->items, 0, $num_items);

$output = '<a target="_new" href="http://www.website.com/forums">website.com Forums</a><br><br>';
for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($rss->items); $i++){
$output .= '<a target="_new" href="'.$rss->items[$i]['link'].'">'.$rss->items[$i]['title'].'</a><br>';
$output .= $rss->items[$i]['description'].'<br><br>';
}
echo $output;
//--

 

for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($rss->items); $i++){

PHP:

is a loop that displays all feed items.
You can change it in this way, from

for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($rss->items); $i++){
$output .= '<a target="_new" href="'.$rss->items[$i]['link'].'">'.$rss->items[$i]['title'].'</a><br>';
$output .= $rss->items[$i]['description'].'<br><br>';
} 

PHP:

to

$max = 10; // put here the number of items to display
for ($i = 0; $i < $max; $i++){
if ($i >= sizeof($rss->items)) break; // exit if current index is >= number of items even if < $max
$output .= '<a target="_new" href="'.$rss->items[$i]['link'].'">'.$rss->items[$i]['title'].'</a><br>';
$output .= $rss->items[$i]['description'].'<br><br>';
} 

PHP:

It should fit your need.

 

Worked perfectly, thanks.

One more question, how do I change the time interval that the script polls the rss feed?

 

It dipends how you set the routine that run the script.
Did you used a cronojob?

If you are talking about the cache, Magpie has 1 hour cache.

 

I don't use a cron job. I just pull the RSS feed from my vB forum.

 

I don't know how often Vb fetch the feed.
I don't know this feature.