Using preg_match to search through rss feed

Hey all,

I have an rss feed that is stored in a database. I'm trying to search through this feed using preg_match(). What I want to do is extract all the items that contain my search term.

So I guess what I have to do is match /<item> [whatever] $term [whatever] </item>/. I've been trying to get a regular expression working, but with no luck...

I'd really appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks

 

If it's an XML feed couldn't you use just SimpleXML and a basic loop/array mashup to get the information you need?

Dan.

 

Hey and thanks a lot for your answer

Wouldn't it be just as quick to simply search through it with a preg_match? Even if I use simpleXML, I'll still need to do the search...

 

<?php

$url = 'http://www.wiredbyduffy.com/rss/wbdrss.xml';
$term = 'Sudoku';
$insensitive = true;
/* Example */

$feed = strtr(file_get_contents($url), "\t\n\r", '   ');
preg_match_all('/<item>(.*?'.$term.'.*?)<\/item>/' . ($insensitive ? 'i' : ''), $feed, $items);

print_r($items); //  Example output.

?>

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Nothing short of brilliant! Thank you very much!

 

Well here's what I do to handle rss feeds.

$rss = simplexml_load_file('http://www.site.com/rss.php');
foreach ($rss->channel->item as $x) {
    $x = (Array) $x; // Don't like handling objects, typecast to array
    // Do your thing here
}

PHP: