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Yahoo! Weather API Example Using SimpleXML in PHP
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| <?php | |
| if(isset($_POST['zipcode']) && is_numeric($_POST['zipcode'])){ | |
| $zipcode = $_POST['zipcode']; | |
| }else{ | |
| $zipcode = '50644'; | |
| } | |
| $result = file_get_contents('http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?p=' . $zipcode . '&u=f'); | |
| $xml = simplexml_load_string($result); | |
| //echo htmlspecialchars($result, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); | |
| $xml->registerXPathNamespace('yweather', 'http://xml.weather.yahoo.com/ns/rss/1.0'); | |
| $location = $xml->channel->xpath('yweather:location'); | |
| if(!empty($location)){ | |
| foreach($xml->channel->item as $item){ | |
| $current = $item->xpath('yweather:condition'); | |
| $forecast = $item->xpath('yweather:forecast'); | |
| $current = $current[0]; | |
| $output = <<<END | |
| <h1 style="margin-bottom: 0">Weather for {$location[0]['city']}, {$location[0]['region']}</h1> | |
| <small>{$current['date']}</small> | |
| <h2>Current Conditions</h2> | |
| <p> | |
| <span style="font-size:72px; font-weight:bold;">{$current['temp']}°F</span> | |
| <br/> | |
| <img src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/we/52/{$current['code']}.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> | |
| {$current['text']} | |
| </p> | |
| <h2>Forecast</h2> | |
| {$forecast[0]['day']} - {$forecast[0]['text']}. High: {$forecast[0]['high']} Low: {$forecast[0]['low']} | |
| <br/> | |
| {$forecast[1]['day']} - {$forecast[1]['text']}. High: {$forecast[1]['high']} Low: {$forecast[1]['low']} | |
| </p> | |
| END; | |
| } | |
| }else{ | |
| $output = '<h1>No results found, please try a different zip code.</h1>'; | |
| } | |
| ?> | |
| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <title>Weather</title> | |
| <style> | |
| body { | |
| font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; | |
| font-size: 12px; | |
| } | |
| label { | |
| font-weight: bold; | |
| } | |
| </style> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <form method="POST" action=""> | |
| <label>Zip Code:</label> <input type="text" name="zipcode" size="8" value="" /><br /><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Lookup Weather" /> | |
| </form> | |
| <hr /> | |
| <?php echo $output; ?> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
Just change the u=f to u=c in
$result = file_get_contents('http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?p=' . $zipcode . '&u=f');
Why does not work for other citties exept from the usa ??
in the above how to see weather for Indian cities?
Amazing!! thank you.
doesn't work =(
Warning: file_get_contents(http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?p=50644&u=f): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized in C:\xampp\htdocs\weather.php on line 7
Did they change the yahoo weather api recently?
I am having the same problem. The code is not working anymore.
Same issue.
Yahoo change the api to force use OAuth 1.0
Shame to see this happened. Any chance for the alternative script maybe?
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if i want see a celcius ? not fahrenheit. how?