Posted by Ciaran on 11/29/07 22:06

On Nov 29, 9:47 pm, "Rik Wasmus" <luiheidsgoe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:33:23 +0100, Ciaran <cronok...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Sorry I should have mentioned - I'm very familiar with php and sql so
> > I'm really just asking if its possible in theory. All I need is a
> > general overview of how it works.
>
> Yes. Instead of outputting HTML as is most common, just output the XML
> needed for an rss feed. Several XML packages can make it easier for you,
> no strict requirement though: simple echo/print would do. So examine the
> format in one of thousands of rss tutorials, make sure your PHP output
> conforms to that format and you're done. (Well, output a right
> content-type header, but that's it).
> --
> Rik Wasmus


oh cool, I wasn't expecting it to be that easy! So rss readers don't
have any problem looking up a .php file?

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