RSS Feed Parsing
RSS is XML-based. SimpleXML can parse RSS feeds directly. For robust feed handling across RSS and Atom formats, use a library.
PHP
Intermediate
5 min read
Parsing RSS Feeds with PHP
Example
<?php
$feed = simplexml_load_file("https://example.com/feed.rss");
// Handle XML namespaces in RSS 2.0
$feed->registerXPathNamespace("media", "http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/");
foreach ($feed->channel->item as $item) {
$title = (string) $item->title;
$link = (string) $item->link;
$pubDate = (string) $item->pubDate;
$desc = (string) $item->description;
// Get media content (using namespace)
$media = $item->children("media", true)->content;
$image = (string) $media->attributes()->url;
echo "<h2>{$title}</h2><p>{$desc}</p>";
} Pro Tip
Use registerXPathNamespace() before XPath queries on feeds with namespaces like media: or content:.