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Using RSS Feeds and Mod_rewrite to add Classified Listings on your Website
By: Roger Stringer
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    2005-08-22

    Table of Contents:
  • Using RSS Feeds and Mod_rewrite to add Classified Listings on your Website
  • Arrays of cities and categories
  • Four functions
  • Putting it all together

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    Using RSS Feeds and Mod_rewrite to add Classified Listings on your Website - Putting it all together


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    Now, we just put it all together in rssads.php.

    rssads.php:

    <html>
    <head>
      <base href="http://mysite.com">
      <title>My classifieds Site</title>
    </head>
    <body>
    <?
      $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")
      ); 
      $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"
        )
      ); 

      if( isset($_GET['cat']) && isset($_GET['city']) ){
        display($_GET['city'],$_GET['cat'],$categories);
      }else if( isset($_GET['city']) ){
        listCats($_GET['city'],$categories);
      }else{
        listCities($cities);
      }

      function listCities($cities){
        echo "<table width=100%>";
        foreach($cities as $country=>$list){
          echo "<tr><td colspan=3>".$country."</td></tr>";
          $i = 0;
          foreach($list as $k=>$city){
            $i++;
            if($i == 1)echo "<tr>"; 
            echo "<td width=33%><a href=\"ads/".urlencode($city)."/\">".$city."</a></td>";
            if($i == 3){
              echo "</tr>";
              $i = 0;
            }
          }
        }
        echo "</table>";
      } 

      function listCats($city,$categories){
        echo "<table width=100%>";
        foreach($categories as $parent=>$list){
          echo "<tr><td colspan=3 align=center>".
    $parent."</td></tr>";
          $i = 0;
          foreach($list as $cat=>$name){
            $i++;
            if($i == 1)echo "<tr>";
            echo "<td width=33%><a href=\"ads/".urlencode($city)."/".urlencode($cat)."/\">".$name."</a></td>";
            if($i == 3){
              echo "</tr>";
              $i = 0;
            } 
          } 
        }
        echo "</table>";
      }

      function display($city,$cat,$categories){
        $ocity = $city;
        $city = explode(",",$city);
        $city = $city[0];
        $city = str_replace(" ","",$city);
        $url = "http://".$city.".craigslist.org/".
    $cat."/index.rss";
        foreach($categories as $parent=>$list){
          if( isset($list[$cat]) ){
            $tname = $parent." - ".$list[$cat];
            break;
          }
        }
        $ptitle = "craigslist | Displaying ".$tname." jobs in ".$ocity;
    ?>
            <a href="<?=str_replace("index.rss","",$url)?>"><?=$ptitle?></a><br/>
    <?  
        echo readRss($url);
      } 

      function readRss($url){
    ?>
        <table width='100%'>
    <? 
        $row = @implode( '',@file($url) );
        if( preg_match_all("'<item[^>]*>.*?</item(s?)>'si", $row, $rowitem ) ) {
          $item = $rowitem[0];
          $res = "";
          $total = count($item) - 1;
          for( $i = 0; $i < $total; $i++ ) {
            if (trim($item[$i])!='' and !ereg('<items',$item[$i])) {
              eregi('<title>(.*)</title>', $item[$i], $title );
              eregi('<link>(.*)</link>', $item[$i], $url );
              eregi('<description>(.*)</description>', $item[$i], $desc );
              echo "<tr><td>";
              echo "<a href='".str_replace("&","&",$url[1]).
                   "'>".$title[1]."</a><span><br>".
                   "<div style='padding-left:10px;'>".
                   htmlspecialchars( trim($desc[1]) ).
                   "</div><br>";
              echo "</td></tr>";
            } 
          } 
        }
    ?>
        </table>
    <?
      }
    ?>
    </body>
    </html>

    A copy can also be found here:
    http://www.freekrai.net/articles/rssad.txt


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