PHP development basic tutorial AJAX RSS Reader

AJAX RSS Reader

RSS Reader is used to read RSS Feeds.

Example:

In the following example, we will demonstrate an RSS reader, through which the content from RSS is read without refreshing the web page. Loading:

This example includes three parts

  • HTML form page

  • PHP file

  • XML file


##HTML form page

When the user selects an RSS-feed in the drop-down list above, a function named "showRSS()" is executed. This function is triggered by the "onchange" event:

See 1.php for the source code

<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>php中文网(php.cn)</title>
<script>
function showRSS(str)
{
	//检查是否有 RSS-feed 被选择
	if (str.length==0)
	{ 
		document.getElementById("rssOutput").innerHTML="";
		return;
		}
	//创建 XMLHttpRequest 对象
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
	{
		// IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari 浏览器执行代码
		xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
	}
	else
	{
		// IE6, IE5 浏览器执行代码
		xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	}
	//创建在服务器响应就绪时执行的函数
	xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
	{
		if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
		{
			document.getElementById("rssOutput").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
		}
	}
	//向服务器上的文件发送请求
	xmlhttp.open("GET","2.php?q="+str,true);
	xmlhttp.send();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<!-- 在域的内容改变时触发onchange 事件 -->
<select onchange="showRSS(this.value)">
<option value="">选择一个 RSS-feed:</option>
<option value="rss">读取 RSS 数据</option>
</select>
</form>
<br>
<div id="rssOutput">RSS-feed 数据列表...</div>
</body>
</html>

The above HTML page contains a simple HTML form with a drop-down list box.

The form works like this:

  • When the user selects an option in the drop-down box, an event is triggered

  • When the event is triggered, execute the showRSS() function

  • Below the form is a <div> named "rssOutput". It is used as a placeholder for the data returned by the showRSS() function.

The showRSS() function will perform the following steps:

  • Check whether an RSS-feed is selected

  • Create an XMLHttpRequest object

  • Create a function that is executed when the server response is ready

  • Send a request to a file on the server

  • Please note the parameter (q) added to the end of the URL (containing the contents of the drop-down list)


PHP file

The server page called above through JavaScript is a PHP file named "2.php":

See 2.php

<?php
// rss 文件地址
$xml="3.xml";
//创建一个新的 XML DOM 对象
$xmlDoc = new DOMDocument();
//创建一个新的 XML DOM 对象
$xmlDoc->load($xml);

// 从 "<channel>" 中读取元素
$channel=$xmlDoc->getElementsByTagName('channel')->item(0);
$channel_title = $channel->getElementsByTagName('title')
->item(0)->childNodes->item(0)->nodeValue;
$channel_link = $channel->getElementsByTagName('link')
->item(0)->childNodes->item(0)->nodeValue;
$channel_desc = $channel->getElementsByTagName('description')
->item(0)->childNodes->item(0)->nodeValue;

// 输出 "<channel>" 中的元素
echo("<p><a href='" . $channel_link
  . "'>" . $channel_title . "</a>");
echo("<br>");
echo($channel_desc . "</p>");

// 输出 "<item>" 中的元素
$x=$xmlDoc->getElementsByTagName('item');
for ($i=0; $i<=1; $i++) {
	$item_title=$x->item($i)->getElementsByTagName('title')
	->item(0)->childNodes->item(0)->nodeValue;
	$item_link=$x->item($i)->getElementsByTagName('link')
	->item(0)->childNodes->item(0)->nodeValue;
	$item_desc=$x->item($i)->getElementsByTagName('description')
	->item(0)->childNodes->item(0)->nodeValue;
	echo ("<p><a href='" . $item_link
	. "'>" . $item_title . "</a>");
	echo ("<br>");
	echo ($item_desc . "</p>");
}
?>

for the source code When a request for an RSS feed is sent from JavaScript to a PHP file, what happens is:

  • Check which RSS feed is selected

  • Create a new one XML DOM object

  • Load RSS document in xml variable

  • Extract and output elements from channel element

  • Extract and output elements from item elements


XML file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
  <title>php教程</title>
  <link>http://www.php.cn</link>
  <description>学的不仅技术,更新梦想!!</description>
  <item>
    <title>RSS 教程</title>
    <link>http://www.php.cn/rss/rss-tutorial.html</link>
    <description>通过使用 RSS,您可以有选择地浏览您感兴趣的以及与您的工作相关的新闻</description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title>XML 教程</title>
    <link>http://www.php.cn/xml/xml-tutorial.html</link>
    <description>XML 指可扩展标记语言(eXtensible Markup Language)</description>
  </item>
</channel>

</rss>


Learning experience

This example mainly includes the following knowledge points:

  • Form basics

  • onkeyup event: when the keyboard key is pressed Occurs when released

  • Function call, function value transfer

  • Creation of AJAX XMLHttpRequest object, function executed when the server responds, and File sending request on the server: see 1-5 for learning experience

  • HTML DOM getElementById() method: Returns a reference to the first object with the specified ID

XML related knowledge

  • Create an XML DOM object

  • Load the XML file into a new XML DOM object

  • Get the object with a specific tag name: getElementsByTagName ()

  • Returns the first child node of the element: HTML DOM item() method

Continuing Learning
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<html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>php中文网(php.cn)</title> <script> function showRSS(str) { //检查是否有 RSS-feed 被选择 if (str.length==0) { document.getElementById("rssOutput").innerHTML=""; return; } //创建 XMLHttpRequest 对象 if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari 浏览器执行代码 xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest(); } else { // IE6, IE5 浏览器执行代码 xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } //创建在服务器响应就绪时执行的函数 xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function() { if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200) { document.getElementById("rssOutput").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText; } } //向服务器上的文件发送请求 xmlhttp.open("GET","2.php?q="+str,true); xmlhttp.send(); } </script> </head> <body> <form> <!-- 在域的内容改变时触发onchange 事件 --> <select onchange="showRSS(this.value)"> <option value="">选择一个 RSS-feed:</option> <option value="rss">读取 RSS 数据</option> </select> </form> <br> <div id="rssOutput">RSS-feed 数据列表...</div> </body> </html>
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