Comments on: PHP RSS Parsers

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:52:04 +0000

SimplePie is now being maintained (new version released 14 Oct 2011) so worth checking if it fits your requirements.

By: Osi

Osi — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:10:10 +0000

Any that works properly with PHP5?

SimplePie: it is no longer maintained/developed, and does not work with PHP5, hundreds of errors. former author admitted they wont be fixed. 1.x, 1.2, 1.3 (broken for php5.3.x)

Both MagpieRSS and LastRSS have the same bugs as SimplePie (depricated bugs)

Haven’t tried Zend_RSS, but it requires a framework, and I don’t need bloat in my app.

By: Tamil

Tamil — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:35:57 +0000

Hi Ryan,

Thanks for the response. Could you please tell me how to separate the updating from a feed into a different script.

Thanks

By: Ryan McCue

Ryan McCue — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 01:51:38 +0000

Hey Tamil,

Sorry to hear that. We’re always working on making SimplePie faster, but the best way to make it faster is to separate the updating from a feed into a different script. This ensures that people loading the page will not have to wait while SimplePie updates.

If there’s anything we can do to help otherwise, please let us know via the support mailing list: http://bit.ly/sp-support

Thanks,
Ryan McCue
SimplePie Lead Maintainer

By: Tamil

Tamil — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 04:56:30 +0000

I am using Simplepie for India News aggregation in my site veethi.com. However it has been so slow and I'm looking at other options.

By: Umut M.

Umut M. — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:59:21 +0000

@The Truth is Hard,

Sorry to see that you’re commenting without reading. Please check the title + the intro and see it is only focused on PHP ones (not the best ones, the popular ones).

Also, I have used all except Zend_feed. They are all good (with 10,000+ feeds). But for me, SimplePie was the most stable one and still performs great.

By: The Truth is Hard

The Truth is Hard — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:25:12 +0000

I think many people commenting here must be blind or retarded. If you check on rss parsers in php world then you will hardly find anything, that has such a high quality like the python http://www.feedparser.org/ – but why? is it because people actually do not TEST??? Or is it because they just are not sceptic enough? I tried magpie and found on the first five feeds one that can not be parsed by magpie – also ALL of these parsers are simply not robust enough for the real world – they maybe can handle a few rss feeds, but out there are many, many sites that spit out broken feeds and a good parser CAN handle them.
Finally I am really asking myself what kind of self-understanding has an author like the one of this post here, if he does not even present a rudimentary idea of how to test an rss parser – what actually are the criteria to test for and how can you prove, that a parser is good or not? Only saying “this is cool” is totally foolish and only shows, that there is no critical thought in the brain – but a programmer has to have exactly this ability – he must be able to think for himself!
So go out, check the feedparser unit tests and then rewrite this article and make it something substantial! And all the kiddies that commented like “me too haz fanboi of feedz!” should really start using their brains, too!

By: Umut M.

Umut M. — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:19:27 +0000

@Geoffrey,

The feed has the title item and not sure why there is such an issue.

By: Geoffrey

Geoffrey — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 17:01:19 +0000

The Title from this site is blank when using the last rss.
Any ideas?

By: martin

martin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:57:52 +0000

SimplePie works.. for me best .. saves.. time