feed_helper.php

<?php  if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
/**
 * Feed Helper
 *
 * @package		CodeIgniter
 * @subpackage	Helpers
 * @category	Helpers
 *
 * @author		Jack Boberg
 * @copyright	( coded by hand ) 2010-03
 * @license		http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BSD/
 */

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/**
 * get a Simplepie object with feed loaded
 *
 * @access	public
 * @param	string $url - URL of feed to load
 * @return	object Simplepie
 */	
if ( ! function_exists('get_feed'))
{
	function get_feed($url)
	{
		$CI =& get_instance();
		$CI->load->library('simplepie');

		$feed = new SimplePie();
		$feed->set_cache_location(BASEPATH . 'cache');
		$feed->set_feed_url($url);
		if ( ! $feed->init()) {
			log_message('debug', $feed->error());
			return FALSE;
		}
		$feed->handle_content_type();
		return $feed;
	}
}

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/* End of feed_helper.php */
/* Location: ./applications/helpers/feed_helper.php */