Question

Are there any free php/javascript libraries out there which would help in displaying an RSS feed as html?

Answer 1

In my Opinion Simplepie is one of the Best RSS parsers.

Here is an example:

require_once('simplepie.inc');
$feed = new SimplePie();
$feed->set_feed_url('http://simplepie.org/blog/feed/');
$feed->init();
$feed->handle_content_type();


    <?php foreach ($feed->get_items(0, 5) as $item): ?>

        <div class="item">
            <h2 class="title"><a href="<?php echo $item->get_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo $item->get_title(); ?></a></h2>
            <?php echo $item->get_description(); ?>
            <p><small>Posted on <?php echo $item->get_date('j F Y | g:i a'); ?></small></p>
        </div>

    <?php endforeach; ?>