Display Excerpts From an RSS Feed

A PHP5 script that reads an RSS file and outputs short customisable excerpts to HTML, with 'read more' links leading to the full story.

Works in modern browsers and IE7+

$count) { $words = array_slice($words, 0, $count); $string = implode(' ', $words).'...'; } return $string; } $xml = simplexml_load_file($rss_file); echo '

'.$rss_title.'

'."\n"; echo '

'; foreach ($xml->channel->item as $item) { echo '

• '.$item->title.'

  '.excerpt($item->description, $words).'

  Read More

'; } echo "\n

\n"; ?>

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