Add issues in Jira RSS feed to todo.txt file

jira_todo.php

#!/usr/bin/php -q
<?php
/**
 * A simple PHP Cli script to append items from a
 * Jira RSS feed to a todo.txt file.
 * 
 * I use this to access my work Jira issue list and update
 * my todo.txt which syncs via Dropbox to todo.txt Android app.
 * 
 * @author Kevin D. Wolski
 * 
 */

$url         = ""; // Jira (or other protected) Feed URL
$username    = ""; // Username
$password    = ""; // Password
$todoPath    = ""; // Local path to todo.txt file (e.g. Dropbox)
$project     = "+"; // Add + before project string
$updateCount = 0;

echo "1. Attempting to access feed. \n";

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$username:$password" );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC );
$output = curl_exec( $ch );
$info   = curl_getinfo( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );

if ( $output ) {
    echo "2. Found feed. Looking for new items... \n";
    $rss = simplexml_load_string( $output );
    
    $file = file_get_contents( $todoPath );
    
    if ( $rss ) {
        $items = $rss->channel->item;
        
        //Open todo.txt and append new items.
        foreach ( $items as $item ) {
            // Replace URL prefix to Jira GUID node (Add your URL path in the first "")
            $id    = str_replace( "", "", $item->link );
            $title = $item->title;
            
            if ( !strpos( $file, $id ) ) {
                $fh = fopen( $todoPath, 'a' ) or die( "\n *** CAN'T OPEN FILE ***" );
                $stringData = $title . " " . $project;
                fwrite( $fh, "\n" . $stringData );
                fclose( $fh );
                
                $updateCount++;
                
                echo "\t" . $updateCount . ". Added: " . $stringData . " \n";
                
            }
        }
        
        if ( $updateCount == 0 ) {
            echo "3. No new items to add. \n";
        }
    } else {
        echo "*** ERROR PARSING FEED! *** \n";
    }
} else {
    echo "*** ERROR ACCESSING FEED! *** \n";
}

?>