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Unable to open remote file.\n"; exit; } function get_link($link) { if (eregi("(.*)", $link, $out)) { $result = $out[1]; return $result; } } //function for getting the title --> function get_title($title) { if (eregi("", $title, $out)) { $result = $out[1]; return $result; } } //function for getting the description --> function get_desc($desc) { if (eregi("(.*)", $desc, $out)) { $result = $out[1]; return $result; } } //set up arrays that stores link,title and Description --> $links_arr = Array(); $title_arr = Array(); $desc_arr = Array(); //Loop through rss file and ectract title, link and description --> while (!feof ($file)) { $line = fgets ($file, 4096); // echo $line."
"; $line = str_ireplace("","No summary available",$line); $line = str_ireplace("","No description available",$line); // echo $line."
"; //Grab and store if there is valid title, link and the description --> //$title = get_title($line); $title = get_title($line); if ($title) { $title_arr[]= $title; // echo $title." "; } $link = get_link($line); if ($link) { $links_arr[]= $link; // echo $link."
"; } $desc = get_desc($line); if ($desc) { $desc_arr[]= $desc; // echo $desc."
"; } } // Test for array title array $title_count = count($title_arr); // echo "array elements: ".$title_count."
"; $_SESSION['titles'] = $title_arr; $_SESSION['stories'] = $story_arr ; $_SESSION['descriptions'] = $desc_arr ; $_SESSION['links'] = $links_arr; //print "

the number of titles are $title_count

"; for($i = 1; $i <= $title_count; $i++ ) { // print the links by using link_array and the title_array print"

"; print "".$title_arr[$i].'
'; // print the description print $desc_arr[$i]; print"

"; //print "\n"; } fclose($file); ?>