Question

I have a php code like this which mainly fetch rss feed from a site

<?php
     $xmlstr = file_get_contents("http://news.myweb.com.au/index.php?format=feed&amp;type=rss");    
     $xml_object = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr);    
     $items = $xml_object->channel->item;
?>    
<?php foreach($items as $item):?>    
    <h1> <?php echo $item->title;?> </h1>       
    <p >
        <?php echo substr($item->description, 0, 250);?>...
        <a href="<?php echo $item->link;?>">Read More</a>
    </p>    
<?php endforeach; ?>
now I am including that file in some other file like this

<div class="leftColumnH">               
    <?php include('blog.php');?>
</div>

<div class="rightColumnH">                              
<h2  class="fontstyle leftColumnText ">Web Development & Graphic Design</h2>
some test here                      
</div>

But while I see it in browser, “rightcolumn” goes inside a div with class “feed-description” inside leftColunm.

Answer 1

You have to make sure that your <?php echo substr($item->description, 0, 250);?> is not echoeing any div tag. If $item->description has <div> tag, then your truncate might be removing the </div> tag.
If its echoing div tag then close the tag.

Hope this helps.