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Output to plain text file
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 8:23 am
by FirstGen
Has anyone made a plug in that will output a few of the most recent titles into a PLAIN text file? No HTML formatting including links etc... Just plain text each on there own line. I have a few ideas for a plugin I want to create but first I need to have access to a plain text file that can be writen out into a directory of choice.
Thx
Randall
Re: Output to plain text file
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:33 am
by garvinhicking
Why don't you use RSS for that? It's an XML format, so you can easily parse it. And it's available for every blog instantly.
So I don't see a reason to create a plugin for that -- even though it could be done easily, of course.
Best regards,
Garvin
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 3:50 pm
by Guest
That would be perfect.... Can anyone help me with it? I dont know anything about RSS parsing.
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 4:41 pm
by garvinhicking
RSS parsing is pretty easy, just have a look at your "rss.php?version=2.0" output.
If you are using PHP5, you can use SimpleXML for easy XML parsing. Else, the Onyx or MagpieRSS parsers are really helpful, google up their manual and examples.
Regards,
Garvin