how to cut this duplicated code down?

[pouncer]

    		foreach ($rss_xml->channel->item as $item) {
        		$item_title = $item->title;
        		$item_link = $item->link;
        		$item_description = $item->description;
        		
			echo "
			<h3><a href='$item_link'>$item_title</a></h3>
			<p>$item_description</p>
			<p><a href='$item_link'>Continue reading $item_title</a></p>
			\n";
        	}

	foreach ($rss_xml->item as $item) {
        		$item_title = $item->title;
        		$item_link = $item->link;
        		$item_description = $item->description;
        		
			echo "
			<h3><a href='$item_link'>$item_title</a></h3>
			<p>$item_description</p>
			<p><a href='$item_link'>Continue reading $item_title</a></p>
			\n";
        	}

 

the only thing that is different is the 'foreach' lines

 

foreach ($rss_xml->channel->item as $item)

foreach ($rss_xml->item as $item)

 

but the stuff inside it is the same. so is there a way to cut down the amount of duplicated code?

[MadTechie]

yeah.. create a function!

<?php
function myFunc($start)
{
foreach ($start as $item)
{
	$item_title = $item->title;
	$item_link = $item->link;
	$item_description = $item->description;
	echo "<h3><a href='$item_link'>$item_title</a></h3>
	<p>$item_description</p>
	<p><a href='$item_link'>Continue reading $item_title</a></p>";
}
}
myFunc($rss_xml->channel->item);
myFunc($rss_xml->item);
?>