PHP Genius Required

I am trying to add RSS feeds to my site. I found a place that will create the proper php code. I have put that code into a file and uploaded it to my server. So far so good. Here is my problem, the final step is to add this line of code <!--#include virtual="/rssfeeds.php" --> to the web page that I want the feed to appear on. I have added that line but the web page comes up blank. Anyone have any ideas??? Many thanks to the person(s) who can help me.

 

Can you provide a link to the page and I can have a look into it for you?

 

Hi gooseandluba,

I did a quick search on the include and found this page: http://rssfeedreader.com/php.html

Did you create the .htaccess file and put in the same directory? Some web servers aren't automatically configured to parse php.

 

the <!--#include --> directive is for apache webservers only and it requires a module called mod_include to be installed.

why not use <?php include '/rss.php'; ?> in your php code..?

 

The url of the web page is http://www.propicksonline.com/page.asp?action=view&SiteID=33

The site is hosted on a Windows server and therefore I don't think it has a .htaccess file

You will notice that silly Joomla favicon however that is not nor has ever been the cms of this site.

Thanks folks.

 

Try adding

 <? require("rss.php"); ?> 

PHP:

That should do the trick. Do Not Use <!--#include virtual="/rssfeeds.php" -->

 

yoavmatchulsky and ryananielt, I have inserted both codes you have suggested directly into the web page that I want the feeds to appear but it still comes up blank. Is it possible I'm missing something at the server level? My host tells me that SSI is enabled.

 

hi gooseandluba, did you "view source" of the webpage? if you see <? require("rss.php"); ?> in the source, it probably means you need an .htaccess file to enable php parsing.

 

Hi Ninja,

That code you see is the one that ryananeit had suggested. I just didn't remove it. The original code was <!--#include virtual="/rssfeeds.php" --> but not sure that this one works on a Windows IIS server.

 

ok your site is asp. options are switch to an asp based feed script or check if the server has php available. How to test for php would be to create a new file : test.php with <?php phpinfo(); ?> . upload it etc.
the include virtual could work but it has to be active on the webserver. Active and configured IIRC. Anyway, start there and see if it helps.

 

Shallow, thanks for your reply. May be a little over my head though. How do I check to see if the include virtual is active on the webserver? What is Active and configured IIRC?

 

that's ok, its why I stopped typing. IIRC is if I remember correctly. Active means it is installed (for a webserver it means it has the files it needs to run php or Server Side Includes which is what the include virtual is) and configured would mean it has been turned on. Specifically on your webhost. Since it is a windows webhost, there's not a 100% guarantee it has PHP available. SSI (the server side includes) should be present. If its turned on, you would have to check several things but a fast way would be to upload a test.shtml file. but I'm not sure if that's the part were it loses us.

 

I have created two test pages one in PHP the other in SHTML both test pages work.

http://www.propicksonline.com/test.shtml
http://www.propicksonline.com/rssfeed.php

I still can't figure out how to call up that rssfeed.php when I create new pages.

 

that's good. So here's the problem, the page you are trying to put the rss feed onto is an ASP page. I would look for an ASP based rss feed script. And use the ASP include statement

<!--#include file="time.inc"-->

Code (markup):

 

So close... Yet, so far away! Seems you are on to something there shallow.

I have downloaded and installed an ASP script. (RSS2HTML.asp script). I have uploaded the file to my server and it works fine see here

Now when I insert the call back code directly into my web page, all I get is this

Any ideas???

 

replace the include with the following :
<!--#include file="RSS2HTML.asp" -->

It won't work if the the file rss2html.asp isn't in the same directory as the calling page .

 

Still nothin'. I'm pretty sure the rss2html.asp file is in the same directory as the calling page.

Got anything else? It seems we're so close.

 

back to basics, lowercase the rss2html.asp part. If that doesnt work, then we have to verify where the file is located. What method did you use to upload the file? FTP?

 

Lower cased the rss2html.asp part. Good angle but didn't work. I uploaded the file directly from my cpanel. This rss2html.asp file is lumped in with all other files in my site.

 

I'm still seeing this when I view source. are you sure you edited the right file?

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<!--#include virtual= RSS2HTML.asp -->