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Provides utilities for working with RSS XML feeds.

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getChannelAttribs()

		
Arguments

        

          
            

              Name
              Type
              Required
              Default
              Options
              Description
            

          
          
	
	            

	              xml
	              string
	              Yes
	              
	              
	              
	            

			
          
        

	
getItemsAsArray()

		
Arguments

        

          
            

              Name
              Type
              Required
              Default
              Options
              Description
            

          
          
	
	            

	              xml
	              string
	              Yes
	              
	              
	              
	            

			
	            

	              version
	              string
	              No
	              
	              
	              
	            

			
	            

	              stripHTML
	              boolean
	              No
	              true
	              
	              
	            

			
	            

	              truncate
	              boolean
	              No
	              true
	              
	              
	            

			
          
        

	
getVersion()
Return the RSS version for the XML feed.  Results can be either 0.91, 0.92, 1.0, 2.0 or unknown.

		
Arguments

        

          
            

              Name
              Type
              Required
              Default
              Options
              Description
            

          
          
	
	            

	              xml
	              string
	              Yes
	              
	              
	              
	            

			
          
        

	
HTMLStripper()
Strips HTML from a string

		
Arguments

        

          
            

              Name
              Type
              Required
              Default
              Options
              Description
            

          
          
	
	            

	              string
	              string
	              Yes
	              
	              
	              The String to be stripped
	            

			
          
        

	
parseRSSDate()
Syndicated feeds use a variety of date formats.  This function helps to decipher the date from the most common formats. Unknown dates are returned as empty strings.  Parsed date times are returned in ODBC format.

		
Arguments

        

          
            

              Name
              Type
              Required
              Default
              Options
              Description
            

          
          
	
	            

	              dts
	              string
	              Yes
	              
	              
	              Date time stamp.