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NEW Modified RSS News Feed Hack · **Released**: 04-12-2004

Hack originally posted by: Xyphen - RSS News Feed Hack
Modified by: wolfstream - Modified RSS News Feed Hack

I am posting this up as a new hack because of the major changes made to how the script works. Also, I didn't want people to get confused as to which one to download since there were 3 different versions on the original post.

Xyphen released the original version, then wolfstream modified the script and corrected some errors. After that, I modified wolfstreams version to change how posts were inserted. Now the post count will increase, posts will be able to be searched, and similiar threads will work.

RSS News Feed Hack for vB 3.0.x. As long as vBulletin doesn't change the database structure much, this should be good for the next release also, and those to come.

Allows you to have a live RSS news feed (such as one from Google or CNET) in a forum. The user that posts it will basically be a bot, which *should* only be used for posting the news, but you can even make it for a regular user.

Comments are welcome! Support provided through this thread.

Latest Version:
- 1.26 - for PHP 4.3.0 & above
- 1.26a - for PHP prior to 4.3.0

vBulletin Versions:
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.1

PHP Versions:
- > 4.3.0
- < 4.3.0

Installation Overview:
- Files to edit: (2) /admincp/index.php, /includes/functions_newpost.php
- Files to upload: (4) rss.php, admincp/rss_admin.php, includes/RSS/class.RSS.php, includes/RSS/rss_update.php
- Queries to run: (4) in rss_install.php

History:
Version 1.26 (23 June 2004 - Slapyo, Natch)
- listing of bot's more intuitive (Natch)
- hopefully fixed duplicate problem (Slapyo)
- stripped html tags from title and description (Slapyo)

Version 1.25 (12 May 2004 - Slapyo)
- fix for " showing up
- logs action in scheduled task log if turned on

Version 1.24 (20 April 2004 - Slapyo)
- posts now deleted with delete_thread function
- post counts updated when using delete all news

Version 1.23 (14 April 2004 - Slapyo)
- added ability to delete bots
- cleaned up includes
- fix for PHP versions prior to 4.3.0 calling html_entity_decode()

Version 1.22 (13 April 2004 - Slapyo)
- duplicate posts problem fixed
- fix for problem with ' appearing as \'

Version 1.21 (12 April 2004 - Slapyo)
- bot will not be subscribed to posts now

Version 1.2 (11 April 2004 - Slapyo)
- posts now inserted with build_new_post function

Version 1.1 (28 March 2004 - wolfstream)
- file edits taken down to 1
- cron script included

Version 1.0 (28 January 2004 - Xyphen)
- original release

Common RSS Feeds:
- Yahoo!
- CNET.com
- BBC
- Wired News
- The Register
- Ars Technica
- All Headline News

smsmasters · #**287** 06-22-2004, 05:27 PM

Hmm, strange, if I run the cron job manually it times out, but if I let ir run automatically, it's fine!

Slapyo · #**288** 06-22-2004, 06:55 PM

it might time out because of the number of feeds.

Intex · #**289** 06-22-2004, 08:09 PM

The 30 second timeout is a PHP function. You can change this to whatever value you like in your PHP.INI I believe.

Quote:

Originally Posted by smsmasters

Thanks, how about the max execution time of 30 seconds? It keeps timing out!

Slapyo · #**290** 06-22-2004, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kraydl

I found this mod for RSS feeds. The code may help you discover how others tackle the post duplication problem.

http://www.w3reports.com/forumfeeds.php

ya, this problem has been resolved.

rsuplido · #**291** 06-23-2004, 12:05 AM

In their tutorial, there is a rssfeed.php file that is called from cron. Where can I get this?

Thanks.

Slapyo · #**292** 06-23-2004, 12:42 AM

you can call this script from cron if you want to.

call rss.php .... thats the file that triggers everything.

Natch · #**293** 06-23-2004, 06:46 AM

I have a small modification to the admincp/rss_admin.php to make the listing of Bot's more intuitive in the RSS News Feed Manager => Modify Bots ...

Find:

PHP Code:


			
// ########################## EDIT USER DISPLAY ############################

} else if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'editUsers') {

    print_form_header('rss_admin', 'update_editUser');

    print_table_header('Edit a Bot');

    $var = "<select name=\"rss_userid\" id=\"sel_rss_userid\" class=\"bginput\">";



    $query = $DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "rss_user");

    while($data = $DB_site->fetch_array($query)) {

        $rss_userid = $data['rssuserid'];

        $rss_username = $data['userid'];

Add after:

PHP Code:


			
        $rss_source = $data['source'];

Then Find [four lines down from the last modification]:

PHP Code:


			
        $var .= "<option value=\"$rss_userid\">$rss_username (id: $rss_userid)</option>";

Replace with:

PHP Code:


			
        $var .= "<option value=\"$rss_userid\">$rss_source (feed id: $rss_userid)</option>";

HTH

Intex · #**294** 06-23-2004, 01:08 PM

Slapyo - I'm lost. How is the duplication issue being resolved?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slapyo

you can call this script from cron if you want to.

call rss.php .... thats the file that triggers everything.

Intex · #**295** 06-23-2004, 01:09 PM

Natch - very useful, thx

.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Natch

I have a small modification to the admincp/rss_admin.php to make the listing of Bot's more intuitive in the RSS News Feed Manager => Modify Bots ...

Find:

PHP Code:


			
// ########################## EDIT USER DISPLAY ############################
} else if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'editUsers') {
    print_form_header('rss_admin', 'update_editUser');
    print_table_header('Edit a Bot');
    $var = "<select name=\"rss_userid\" id=\"sel_rss_userid\" class=\"bginput\">";
 
    $query = $DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "rss_user");
    while($data = $DB_site->fetch_array($query)) {
        $rss_userid = $data['rssuserid'];
        $rss_username = $data['userid'];

Add after:

PHP Code:


			
        $rss_source = $data['source'];

Then Find [four lines down from the last modification]:

PHP Code:


			
        $var .= "<option value=\"$rss_userid\">$rss_username (id: $rss_userid)</option>";

Replace with:

PHP Code:


			
        $var .= "<option value=\"$rss_userid\">$rss_source (feed id: $rss_userid)</option>";

HTH

Kraydl · #**296** 06-23-2004, 02:00 PM

The post duplication problem.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slapyo

ya, this problem has been resolved.

Slap, does the latest version have that fix in it?
Thanks.

Slapyo · #**297** 06-23-2004, 02:37 PM

nope, but if intex doesn't mind i would like to add this into the full release version. intex?

Slapyo · #**298** 06-23-2004, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kraydl

The post duplication problem.

Slap, does the latest version have that fix in it?
Thanks.

actually the post duplicate problem hasn't been resolved yet and that code wouldn't help since it was mine. it was a really old version of the code and still has the same stuff in it, someone changed the "created by" in the top of the rss_update.php. what i meant, was the problem had been resolved from them hosting the file off of their site.

Kraydl · #**299** 06-23-2004, 02:42 PM

Ah okay. I'm going to hold off installing that yet till the dup thing is fixed. Great work on the effort you have put into it so far.

Slapyo · #**300** 06-23-2004, 03:24 PM

i'm gonna work on the dup thing today. check back later on, might be updated.

Slapyo · #**301** 06-23-2004, 05:59 PM

ok, i am at work and made some changes but can't test it out.

Version 1.26 (23 June 2004 - Slapyo, Natch)
- listing of bot's more intuitive (Natch)
- hopefully fixed duplicate problem (Slapyo)
- stripped html tags from title and description (Slapyo)

for comparing the RSS feed with whats in the database, i just applied the same things i do before inserting the post. so it should be the same. i also applied Natch's hack to make listing the bots easier.

files changed:
- rss_admin.php
- rss_update.php

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