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1. Jubba
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   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi im trying to set up RssFetch but im slightly confused and when I enter things it always says "Initializing ticker..."

   please help me to fill in.

   This is the code:

   <?
   /*
    ======================================================================
    Get, cache, and output contents of a RSS XML file
    Author: George at JavaScriptKit.com/ DynamicDrive.com
    Created: Feb 5th, 2006. Updated: Feb 5th, 2006
    ======================================================================
   */
   
   header('Content-type: text/xml');
   
   // -------------------------------------------------------------------
   // Enter list of possible RSS feeds to fetch inside array:
   // -------------------------------------------------------------------
   
   $rsslist=array(
   "BBC" => "http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/front_page/rss.xml"
   );
   
   $cachefolder="cache"; //path to cache directory. No trailing "/". Set permission to read/write!
   
   // -------------------------------------------------------------------
   // Determine which RSS file to actually fetch
   // Based on the value of the "id" parameter of the URL string mapping to the RSS array's key
   // -------------------------------------------------------------------
   
   $rssid=$_GET['id'];
   $rssurl=isset($rsslist[$rssid])? $rsslist[$rssid] : die("Error: Can't find requested RSS in list.");
   $localfile=$cachefolder. "/" . urlencode($rssurl); //Name cache file based on RSS URL
   
   // -------------------------------------------------------------------
   // Get the minutes to cache the local RSS file based on "cachetime" parameter of URL string
   // -------------------------------------------------------------------
   
   $cacheminutes=(int) $_GET["cachetime"]; //typecast "cachetime" parameter as integer (0 or greater)
   
   // -------------------------------------------------------------------
   // fetchfeed() gets the contents of an external RSS feed,
   // and saves its contents to the "cached" file on the server
   // -------------------------------------------------------------------
   
   function fetchfeed(){
      global $rssurl, $localfile;
      $contents=file_get_contents($rssurl); //fetch RSS feed
      $fp=fopen($localfile, "w");
      fwrite($fp, $contents); //write contents of feed to cache file
      fclose($fp);
   }
   
   // -------------------------------------------------------------------
   // outputrsscontent() outputs the contents of a RSS feed using the cached local RSS file
   // It checks if a cached version of the RSS feed is available, and if not, creates one first.
   // -------------------------------------------------------------------
   
   function outputrsscontent(){
      global $rssurl, $localfile, $cacheminutes;
      if (!file_exists($localfile)){ //if cache file doesn't exist
         touch($localfile); //create it
         chmod($localfile, 0666);
         fetchfeed(); //then populate cache file with contents of RSS feed
      }
      else if (((time()-filemtime($localfile))/60)>$cacheminutes) //if age of cache file great than cache minutes setting
         fetchfeed();
      readfile($localfile); //return the contents of the cache file
   }
   
   outputrsscontent();
   ?>

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   what do i do in the section where it says $cachefolder="cache"; //path to cache directory. No trailing "/". Set permission to read/write!

   I created a folder called "cachefolder" with permission 777, but i entered the URL for it as "/wp-content/cachefolder"

   Looks simple but im lost.

   Please help me.

   Thanks

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