Digital Workshop

readRss("http://www.nu.nl/deeplink_rss2/index.jsp?r=Algemeen")

function readRss( $rssUrl )
{
   // get rss / xml file from internet
   var newData = InternetGetData( $rssUrl )
   if( !newData )   return false;
      
   // define array
   var rssArr = new Array();
   rssArr['item'] = new Array();
   
   // set main data from rss feed in array, like title / data / description
   rssArr['title']      = stripFromTags( newData, '<title>', '</title>');
   // There is more, but not needed right now
   
   // fill array
   var dataArr = newData.split('<item>');
   for( i=1; i < dataArr.length; i++)
   {
      rssArr['item'][i] = new Array();
      rssArr['item'][i]['title']         = stripFromTags( dataArr[i], '<title>', '</title>')
      rssArr['item'][i]['link']         = stripFromTags( dataArr[i], '<link>', '</link>')
      rssArr['item'][i]['description']   = stripFromTags( dataArr[i], '<description>', '</description>')
      rssArr['item'][i]['pubDate']      = stripFromTags( dataArr[i], '<pubDate>', '</pubDate>')
      rssArr['item'][i]['category']      = stripFromTags( dataArr[i], '<category>', '</category>')

      // remove other tags 'n data  :
      rssArr['item'][i]['description'] = str_replace('<![CDATA[', '', rssArr['item'][i]['description'] )
      rssArr['item'][i]['description'] = str_replace(']]>', '', rssArr['item'][i]['description'] )
   }
   
   // return full rss array
   return rssArr;
}

// strip text from two tags : <title>text</title>
function stripFromTags(input, startTag, endTag)
{
   return input.split(startTag, 1)[1].split(endTag, 1)[0];
}
   
// string functions
function str_replace(findThis, replaceWith, str)
{
   return str.toString().split(findThis).join(replaceWith);
}

var array = new Array()

array['title'] = 'This is a title';
array['date'] = '29-08-2006';
array['description'] = 'This is an example description.';

trace.Debug( array.length )