Problem with stale RSS feed

[irishjazz]

I am trying to troubleshoot a problem with a php script that incorporates an RSS feed (with Magpie 0.72.)  I did not code the site, and am trying to retrace the original logic.  Tech support at my web hosting firm said that the problem was in line 4 of INDEX.PHP:

1. <?php

2. require ("\\\\(HOSTING SITE NAME)\\config.inc.php");

3. require ($CONFIG['admin_dir'].'page.class.php');

4. require ($CONFIG['admin_dir'].'function.inc.php');

5. $currentFile = $_SERVER["SCRIPT_NAME"];

6. $parts = explode('/', $currentFile);

7. $currentFile = $parts[count($parts) - 1];

8. $currentFile = preg_replace("/\.\w+$/", "", $currentFile);

9. $page = new page($currentFile, $CONFIG);

10. if ( !$page->isActive() ) {

a. $currentFile = $CONFIG['404_page'];

b. $page = new page($currentFile, $CONFIG);

11. }

12. require ($CONFIG['include_dir'].$page->getTemplate().'.php');

13. ?>

 

The RSS feed is in an INCLUDES directory that is defined by CONFIG.INC.PHP:

 

<?php

    # URL to the RSS feed

    // CIO.com

    $FEED_URL = "http://feeds.cio.com/cio/feed/articles?format=rss";

    $NUM_ITEMS = 5;

   

    require($CONFIG['include_dir'].'magpierss-0.72\rss_fetch.inc');

   

    # Fetch the feed

    error_reporting(E_ERROR);

    $rss = fetch_rss($FEED_URL);

    if($rss) {

        # Split array with our amount of items

        $items = array_slice($rss->items, 0, $NUM_ITEMS);

       

        $rssChannelTitle = $rss->channel['title'];

        $rssChannelLink = $rss->channel['link'];

        // $rssChannelDesc = $rss->channel['description'];

        $output = "";

        $output .= "";

        foreach ( $items as $item ) {

            $output .= '<li class="item">';

                $output .= '<a class="itemLink" target="blank" href="';

                    $output .= $item['link'] . '">';

                    $output .= $item['title'];

                $output .= '</a>';

                /* CIO's feed contains ads.

                  $output .= '<p class="description">' . $item['description'] . '</p>';

                */

            $output .= "</li>";

        }

        $output .= "";

    }

?>

<?php if($rss) { ?>

    <div class="rssFeed <?php echo $rssChannelTitle ?>">

        <h1>

            <a href="<?php echo $rssChannelLink ?>">

                <?php echo $rssChannelTitle ?>

            </a>

        </h1>

        <!-- <h2><?php echo $rssChannelDesc ?></h2> -->

        <ul class="itemList">

            <?php echo $output ?>

        </ul>

    </div>

<?php } ?>

What am I missing?