Question

I’m trying to create a RSS feed in Symfony.

I’ve added the following route :

rss_every_content:
  url:    /rss/all
  param: { module: content, action: index, sf_format: rss }
  requirements:
    sf_method: [get]

And I created a file called indexSuccess.rss.php in module/content/templates/ :

test message

But when I go to the url mysite/rss, all I get is an empty page ! No content at all, not even the debug toolbar… Help ! What is going on ?

Answer 1

I had the same problem as you. I noticed that sf_format: xml with indexSuccess.xml.php seems to work as long as you specify the RSS XML tag at the top like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0">

<channel>
    <title>RSS Example</title>
    <description>This is an example of an RSS feed</description>
    <link>http://www.domain.com/link.htm</link>
    <lastBuildDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:12:55 -0400 </lastBuildDate>
    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>

    <item>
        <title>Item Example</title>
        <description>This is an example of an Item</description>
        <link>http://www.domain.com/link.htm</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">1102345</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
    </item>

</channel>
</rss>

From http://www.rss-tools.com/rss-example.htm

It’s a hack but I can’t see how else to do it.