Get bill status updates from the NY Senate Open Leg API sent to your Prowl iPhone client.

billProwl.php

<?php

/*
 *  Contents of file billProwl.php
 */

// Include PHP Prowl class.
require('path/to/ProwlPHP.php');

// The argument passed in when the script was invoked (bill number). 
$billToLookFor = trim($argv[1]);

// Prowl API key.
$prowlKey = trim($argv[2]);

$prowl = new Prowl($prowlKey);

// Settings to use when invoking Prowl API.
define("APPLICATION", "BillProwl Script");
define("EVENT", "Bill Status Update");
define("PRIORITY", 1);

// NYS Leg RSS feed to parse.
define("OPEN_SENATE_RSS", "http://open.nysenate.gov/openleg/feed/");

// Parse the recent actions RSS feed and look for a match.
$billFeed = simplexml_load_file(OPEN_SENATE_RSS);
foreach ($billFeed->channel->item as $bill) {

  $billNumberText = substr($bill->title, 0, strrpos($bill->title, ":"));
  $billNumberArray = explode(" ", $billNumberText);
  $billNumber = trim($billNumberArray[0]);

  // If a match is found, get the details and send a notice.
  if($billNumber == $billToLookFor) {
  	
	// Get bill details.
  	$billUpdateDescription = substr($bill->title, (strrpos($bill->title, ":")+2), strlen($bill->title));
		
  	// Send the notice to the Prowl API.
  	$prowl->push(array('application'=>APPLICATION,
	               	   'event'=>EVENT,
	               	   'description'=>$billNumber.": ".$billUpdateDescription,
	               	   'priority'=>PRIORITY)
			,true);
  }
  
}

?>