Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 4.7.x includes/common.inc \format_rss_channel()
  2. 5.x includes/common.inc \format_rss_channel()
  3. 6.x includes/common.inc \format_rss_channel()
  4. 7.x includes/common.inc \format_rss_channel()

Formats an RSS channel.

Arbitrary elements may be added using the $args associative array.

Related topics

Formatting
Functions to format numbers, strings, dates, etc.
Input validation
Functions to validate user input.
1 call to format_rss_channel()
node_feed in modules/node.module
A generic function for generating RSS feeds from a set of nodes.

File

includes/common.inc, line 644
Common functions that many Drupal modules will need to reference.

Code

function format_rss_channel($title, $link, $description, $items, $language = 'en', $args = array()) {

  // arbitrary elements may be added using the $args associative array
  $output = "<channel>\n";
  $output .= ' <title>' . check_plain($title) . "</title>\n";
  $output .= ' <link>' . check_url($link) . "</link>\n";
  $output .= ' <description>' . check_plain($description) . "</description>\n";
  $output .= ' <language>' . check_plain($language) . "</language>\n";
  foreach ($args as $key => $value) {
    $output .= ' <' . $key . '>' . check_plain($value) . "</{$key}>\n";
  }
  $output .= $items;
  $output .= "</channel>\n";
  return $output;
}