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www.it-ebooks.infoCHAPTER 20 • WEB SERVICESListing 20-1. A Sample RSS Feed (blog.xml)WJGilmore.comhttp://localhost/index.php/site/index/enwj@wjgilmore.comCopyright 20102010-07-21T13:24:52+00:00E-Commerce Made Easy with FoxyCarthttp://www.wjgilmore.com/index.php/site/e-commerce_made_easy_with_foxycart/ExpressionEngine, PHP2010-07-21T13:24:52+00:00Refactor Your Web Site Database with Stored Procedures and Viewshttp://www.wjgilmore.com/site/refactor_your_web_site_database/PHP, Zend Framework2010-07-20T20:24:14+00:00This example doesn’t take advantage of all available RSS elements. For instance, other feeds mightcontain elements describing the feed’s update interval, language, and creator. However, for the purposesof the examples found in this chapter, it makes sense to remove those components that have littlebearing on instruction.Now that you’re a bit more familiar with the purpose and advantages of RSS, you’ll learn how to usePHP to incorporate RSS into your own development strategy. Although there are numerous RSS toolswritten for the PHP language, one in particular offers an amazingly effective solution for retrieving,parsing, and displaying feeds: SimplePie.415