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Definition

format_rss_channel($title, $link, $description, $items, $language = 'en', $args = array())
drupal-5/includes/common.inc, line 863

Description

Formats an RSS channel.

Arbitrary elements may be added using the $args associative array.

Related topics

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FormattingFunctions to format numbers, strings, dates, etc.
Input validationFunctions to validate user input.

Code

<?php
function format_rss_channel($title, $link, $description, $items, $language = 'en', $args = array()) {
  // arbitrary elements may be added using the $args associative array

  $output = "<channel>\n";
  $output .= ' <title>'. check_plain($title) ."</title>\n";
  $output .= ' <link>'. check_url($link) ."</link>\n";

  // The RSS 2.0 "spec" doesn't indicate HTML can be used in the description.
  // We strip all HTML tags, but need to prevent double encoding from properly
  // escaped source data (such as &amp becoming &amp;amp;).
  $output .= ' <description>'. check_plain(decode_entities(strip_tags($description))) ."</description>\n";
  $output .= ' <language>'. check_plain($language) ."</language>\n";
  $output .= format_xml_elements($args);
  $output .= $items;
  $output .= "</channel>\n";

  return $output;
}
?>