Feeds: http://www.bbc.co.uk/feedfactory/feedfinder.shtml
API: use http://www.php.net
Listings: http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/feeds/tvradio/
On 30/06/07, Luf Luf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thank you :-).
any good source code repository for APIs?
On 6/29/07, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Luf,
>
> Most of it can be done by using the $arrText=file("
http://bbc.co.uk/.....";);
> and examing the results. If it's XML you can use the PHP XML
functions...
>
> Just as a general pointer, I use this function to grab stuff from RSS
feeds:
>
>
>
>
> function getRSSfeed($intSiteID, $strWebAddress, $intWebPort,
> $strWebDocument, $intMinLevel, $intSkip)
>
> {
> $simple = file("http://$strWebAddress"; .
> ":$intWebPort/$strWebDocument");
>
> $p = xml_parser_create();
> xml_parse_into_struct($p, $simple, $vals, $index);
> xml_parser_free($p);
>
> // Connect to database to check for existing already...
> $link = mysql_connect(MYSQLHOST, MYSQLUSER, MYSQLPASS) or die("Could
not
> connect");
> mysql_select_db(MYSQLDB) or die("Could not select database");
>
> // Delete old items
> $query = "DELETE FROM tblXXX WHERE (intSiteID=$intSiteID);";
> $result = mysql_query($query) or die("Write Query $query failed");
>
> $strTitle="";
> $strURL="";
>
> foreach ($vals as $index => $val)
> {
>
> if ($val["type"] == "complete" && $val["level"]>=$intMinLevel)
> {
>
> if ($val["tag"]=="TITLE") $strTitle=addslashes ($val["value"]);
> if ($val["tag"]=="LINK") $strURL=$val["value"];
>
>
> if ($val["tag"]=="LINK")
> {
> //echo "<a href=\"$strURL\">$strTitle</a><br>";
> $query = "INSERT INTO tblXXX (strURL, strText, intSiteID)
VALUES
> (\"$strURL\", \"$strTitle\", $intSiteID);";
>
> if ($intSkip>=0)
> {
> $result = mysql_query($query) or die("Write Query $query
> failed");
> };
> $intSkip+=1;
>
> }
>
> }
> }
>
> }
>
> then use something like...
>
>
> $intWebPort=80; $intLevels=3;
> $strWebAddress="newsrss.bbc.co.uk";
> $strWebDocument="/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/technology/rss.xml";
> $strTitle="BBC NEWS"; $intDrop=-1;
>
> getRSSfeed($intSiteID, $strWebAddress, $intWebPort,
$strWebDocument,
> $intLevels, $intDrop);
>
>
> Hope this points you in the right direction.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 28/06/07, Luf Luf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > Were can I find PHP APIs for BBC content.
> >
> > thanks,
> > Luf
> > -
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>
> Brian Butterworth
> www.ukfree.tv
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