Feed Maker

[designsubway]

Hi all.

First of all I must say I am not a php developer so I am afraid I don't know much about it.

 

I am using the bloging software on my site called Super Simple Blog. This software includes a file called feed_maker.php which I have posted below:

<?php
/********************************************

feed_maker.php

This class is used for generating an RSS 
feed.

********************************************/

class GenerateFeed{

var $TABLENAME;
var $websiteRoot;
var $pageTitle;
var $rssDesc;
var $rssLink;
var $rssFileName;
var $blogPageName;

function makeFeed($table, $webroot, $title, $desc, $link, $rssfile){

	$this->TABLENAME = $table;
	$this->websiteRoot = $webroot;
	$this->pageTitle = $title;
	$this->rssDesc = $desc;
	$this->rssLink = $link;
	$this->rssFileName = $rssfile;

	//empty array which will be pushed all of the 
	//possible images for the home page. 
	//These are displayed when the page loads.
	$spl = array();

	// Query the database.
	$query = "SELECT * FROM $this->TABLENAME ORDER BY uid DESC";
	$result = mysql_query ($query);

	//init a counter
	$i = 0;

	while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {

	$spl[$i] = $row;
	$i++;

	$ima = split(", ", $row['image']); //build array out of images list
	$com = nl2br($row['comment']);

	//if there is more than 1 image per entry
	for($h=0; $h<count($ima); $h++){
		$j = $h+1;
			if($imagesPerEntry != 1){
				if(substr($ima[$h],-4) != '.pdf'){ //filter out PDFs
				$com = str_replace("[$j]", "<img src=\"$this->websiteRoot/blogImages/$ima[$h]\" />", $com);
				}
			}

			if($imagesPerEntry == 1){
				if(!empty($ima[$h])) { 
					if(substr($ima[$h],-4) != '.pdf'){ //filter out PDFs
						$com = str_replace("[$j]", "<img src=\"$this->websiteRoot/blogImages/$ima[$h]\" />", $com);
					}	
				}
			}
	}
	//output the database
	//each row will be 1 item
	$addBlock .= "\n\n<item>
	\n
	<title>{$row['title']}</title>
	\n
	<link>$this->rssLink?entry={$row['uid']}</link>
	\n
	<description><![CDATA[$com]]></description>
	\n
	</item>\n\n";
	}


// Write the three blocks to file
  //this is the file that we are writing	
  $fileT = $this->rssFileName;
  $fileT = fopen($fileT, "w");

//start off every feed with this	
$startBlock = <<<EOR
<?xml  version="1.0"?> 
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>$this->pageTitle</title>
<description>$this->rssDesc</description>
<link>$this->rssLink</link>
EOR;

//end every feed with this
$endBlock = "</channel>\n\n</rss>";


  fwrite($fileT, $startBlock); 

  fwrite($fileT, $addBlock);

  fwrite($fileT, $endBlock);

  fclose($fileT);
  
  

//end of method	
}
//end of class
}

?>

 

This file creates an rss feed from my blog.

My question is; would it be possible to add some code to this file which would give each item in the feed its own time and date stamp, for example;

<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>

 

I can't find any support for this feed_maker.php file so that is why I have come here.

 

Thanks in advance.

[ignace]

Try this don't forget to change {$row['pubDate']} to the appropriate column name maybe even calling an appropriate function to properly format the output

 

$addBlock .= "\n\n<item>
\n
<title>{$row['title']}</title>
\n
<link>$this->rssLink?entry={$row['uid']}</link>
\n
<pubDate>{$row['pubDate']}</pubDate>
\n
<description><![CDATA[$com]]></description>
\n
</item>\n\n";