Using RSS Feeds and Mod_rewrite to add Classified Listings on your Website - Arrays of cities and categories
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Next, we create an array containing our cities:
<?
$cities = array(
"US" => array("atlanta","austin","baltimore", "boston",
"chicago","cleveland","dallas","denver","detroit",
"honolulu","houston", "las vegas","los angeles",
"miami","minneapolis","montreal","new orleans",
"new york","philadelphia", "phoenix","pittsburgh",
"portland","providence","raleigh","sacramento",
"san diego","seattle","st louis" ),
"Canada" => array("calgary","edmonton","halifax",
"montreal","ottawa","quebec","saskatoon","toronto",
"vancouver","victoria","winnipeg"),
"United Kingdom & Ireland" => array("london",
"manchester","edinburgh","dublin","belfast",
"birmingham","cardiff","glasgow"),
"Americas"=>array("americas","buenos aires","caracas",
"costa rica","lima","mexico city","rio de janeiro",
"santiago","sao paulo","tijuana"),
"Europe"=>array("amsterdam","athens","barcelona",
"berlin","brussels","copenhagen","florence",
"frankfurt","geneva","madrid","milan","moscow",
"munich","paris","prague","rome","stockholm",
"vienna","zurich"),
"Australia & New Zealand" => array("adelaide",
"auckland","brisbane","melbourne","perth","sydney"),
"Asia" => array("bangalore","bangkok","beijing",
"delhi","hong kong","istanbul","jerusalem","manila",
"mumbai","osaka","seoul","shanghai","singapore",
"tel aviv","tokyo")
);
?>
This array is set up so that we could easily add more to it. We use the format of country, followed by the city for display purposes, which you will see later in this article.
Next, we create an array containing our categories:
<?
$categories = array(
"Community" => array(
"ccc"=>"All Community","act"=>"activities","laf"=>
"lost & found","ats"=>"artists","muc"=>"musicians",
"kid"=>"childcare","vnn"=>"news & views","com"=>
"general","pol"=>"politics","grp"=>"groups",
"rid"=>"rideshare","pet"=>"pets","vol"=>
"volunteers" ), "Personals"=>array( "stp"=>
"strictly platonic","w4w"=>"women seek women",
"w4m"=>"women seeking men","m4w"=>
"men seeking women", "msr"=>"misc romance",
"mis"=>"missed connections"
),
"Jobs" => array(
"jjj"=>"All Jobs","acc"=>"Accounting / Finance",
"ofc"=>"Admin / Office","med"=>
"Art / Media / Design", "sci"=>"Biotech & Science",
"bus"=>"Business / Management","csr"=>
"Customer Service","edu"=>"Education / Teaching",
"egr"=>"Engineering / Architecture","hum"=>
"Human Resources","eng"=>"Internet Engineering",
"lgg"=>"Legal / Government", "mar"=>
"Marketing / PR / Advertising","hea"=>
"Medical / Healthcare","npo"=>"Non-profit sector",
"ret"=>"Retail / Food / Hosp", "sls"=>
"Sales / Biz Dev","trd"=>"Skilled Trades / Craft",
"sof"=>"Software/QA/DBA/etc","sad"=>
"Systems / Networks","tch"=>"Technical Support",
"tfr"=>"TV / Film / Video","art"=>
"Web / HTML / Info Design","wri"=>
"Writing / Editing", "etc"=>"[ETC]"
),
"Gigs"=> array( "gggg"=>"All Gigs","cpg"=>"Computer",
"evg"=>"Event","crg"=>"Creative","lbg"=>"Labor",
"cwg"=>"Crew","wrg"=>"Writing","dmg"=>"Domestic",
"tlg"=>"Talent",
),
"Misc"=>array(
"res"=>"Resumes"
),
"Housing"=>array( "hhh"=>"All Housing","apa"=>
"apts / housing","roo"=>"rooms / shared",
"sub"=>"sublets / temporary","hsw"=>"housing wanted",
"swp"=>"housing swap","vac"=>"vacation rentals",
"prk"=>"parking / storage","off"=>
"office / commercial", "rfs"=>"real estate for sale"
),
"For Sale"=>array( "sss"=>"For Sale","bar"=>"Barter",
"bab"=>"Baby & Kids","bik"=>"Bikes","car"=>
"Cars & Trucks","bks"=>"Books", "clo"=>
"clothes & acc.","zip"=>"Free","clt"=>"collectibles",
"fur"=>"furniture","sys"=>"computer","for"=>
"general","ele"=>"electronics","spo"=>"sporting",
"gms"=>"garage sales","tix"=>"tickets","hsh"=>
"household","wan"=>"wanted", "mcy"=>"motorcycles",
"msg"=>"music instr"
),
"Services"=>array( "bbb"=>"All Services","cps"=>
"computer","aos"=>"automotive","crs"=>"creative",
"hss"=>"household","lbs"=>"labor/move","evs"=>
"event","sks"=>"skill'd trade","fns"=>"financial",
"rts"=>"real estate","lgs"=>"legal","biz"=>
"sm biz ads", "lss"=>"lessons","ths"=>"therapeutic"
)
);
?>
As you can see, this array is also a multi array. It lets us group categories and add more if we want to.
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