?Strange issue with rss2html.php

rwgau · Joined: 29 Oct 2015 Posts: 3

I have successfully implemented the rss2html.php script and I have two pages with active feeds working fine.

I created a third page, same directory as the others, same website template, same EXACT include statement, get an error:

Unable to open RSS Feed sample.xml, exiting

Why would the script correctly parse the XMLFILE name from the include statement included in one page put not another? Below is the include statement, works on one page but not another.

Any ideas?

Tech Support · Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 2806

if the rss2html.php file is in the same folder as the HTML file that has the INCLUDE statement in it, then you should use FILE= instead of VIRTUAL= in the HTML page.

For example if your HTML file is test.html and has the rss2html.php in the same folder, then use this syntax:

rwgau · Joined: 29 Oct 2015 Posts: 3

I am still having intermittent problems with my feeds not loading properly. Sometimes they work... sometimes they don't. What would cause the feed to work correctly one day and not the next? I've tried caching, not caching, etc. I've tried INCLUDE FILE and INCLUDE VIRTUAL. I've validated the XML feeds. Any suggestions before I move to another solution?

One such page is http://www.auburn.edu/administration/oacp/compliance.php
One such page is http://www.auburn.edu/administration/oacp/audit.php

currently one works, the other doesn't. Same syntax.

PHP version is 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.30

Tech Support · Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 2806

When a feed isn't working try going to http://feedvalidator.org/ and enter the feed there. It is possible that the feed is not in a valid format intermittently.

Just a though.

rwgau · Joined: 29 Oct 2015 Posts: 3

All the feeds validate correctly. And sometimes rss2html works properly and returns the feed correctly formatted, other times, for no apparent reason, error messages are displayed instead.

Tech Support · Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 2806

Unfortunately both you examples are working for me at the moment.

What are the exact error messages that show when it isn't working?