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format_rss_channel

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    4. 7 common.inc
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4.7 – 5 format_rss_channel($title, $link, $description, $items, $language = 'en', $args = array())
6 – 7 format_rss_channel($title, $link, $description, $items, $langcode = NULL, $args = array())

Formats an RSS channel.

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

Related topics

Input validation
Functions to validate user input.
Formatting
Functions to format numbers, strings, dates, etc.

▸ 2 functions call format_rss_channel()

▾ 2 functions call format_rss_channel()

aggregator_page_rss in modules/aggregator.module
Menu callback; generate an RSS 0.92 feed of aggregator items or categories.
node_feed in modules/node.module
A generic function for generating RSS feeds from a set of nodes.

Code

includes/common.inc, line 731

<?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;
}
?>