Custom RSS Feed Url, $topic, Any Ideas?

webmaster Joined: Aug 26, 2008 Posts: 6

Hello! Thanks for looking at my post.

In the feed creator includes/nukeSEO/content/News.php near the bottom, the article URL is:

Code:

return getNukeURL().'modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid='.$id;

Where most sites just use the "News" module, I use 3 different custom homemade modules. I have 3 "$topics", and each custom module only posts $sid from their assigned $topic number. However, I use the same generated nukeSEO feed to join them all together. So what I really need is to figure out how to indentify the $topic number, then use it to set up 3 different url's to show in the feed.

So instead of all feed generated urls being modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=$id OR article-$sid.html, I need the custom url's put in place of these depending on $topic numbers 2, 4 & 5.

Thanks again for everyone who tries to help

Normally I can use something like:

Code:

if ($topic=='2') { 


$url = 'address2'; 


} else 





if ($topic=='4') { 


$url = 'address-4'; 


} else 





if ($topic=='5') { 


$url = 'address5'; 


} 





echo 'http://www.my_fake-website.com/' .$url. '-' .$sid. '.html

but this isnt working here. The $topic doesnt seem to be identified or something.

This is really important to me that I figure this out.

Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 10:30 am Post subject:

When I try this:

Code:




   }


   function getLink($id, $catid, $topic)


   {


   











////////////////////








  if ($topic=='2') {


$url = '' .$first_baseurl. '-';


} else





if ($topic=='4') {


$url = '' .$second_baseurl. '-';


} else





if ($topic=='5') {


$url = '' .$third_baseurl. '-';


}


//-----------------------------------


/////////////////





 return getNukeURL().'' .$url. '-' .$topic. '' .$id. '.html';


   }


}


?>

The $url doesnt show. Obviously the $topic is not being given?

Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 4:09 am Post subject:

You can just echo the $variables back on the page to see if they have a value assigned to them.
If $topic doesn't have a value then your code falls over immediately so you could check for them like

Code:




if(empty($topic)) {echo 'No topic id found'; }


// as above but for $url





if ($topic=='2') {


$url = '' .$first_baseurl. '-';


} else





if ($topic=='4') {


$url = '' .$second_baseurl. '-';


} else





if ($topic=='5') {


$url = '' .$third_baseurl. '-';


}

It is possible that the functions are not returning the variables because they are not assigned, have been cleared as part of a security routine or are not global.

Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 7:26 am Post subject:

Hi! Thanks for your help!

I tried your suggestion. Ive tried others like it. What happens is, the feed crashes, shows up blank and titled: "Feed code error".

As soon as I try to echo anything, it seems to crash. This code seems to be different from the rest of phpnuke, and I just dont recognize it, so I dont know how to work it.

Stuff like:

Code:

 $this->activeWhere           = '';


      $this->orderArray            = array


                                   (


                                      'recent' => 'recent',


                                      'popular' => 'popular',


                                      'rated' => 'rated'


                                   );


      $this->orderSQLArray         = array


                                   (


                                      'recent' => 'sid DESC',


                                      'popular' => 'counter DESC',


                                      'rated' => 'score DESC'


                                   );


      $this->levelArray            = array


                                   (


                                      'topic' => 'topic',   


                                      'category' => 'category'


                                   );


      $this->levelSQLArray         = array(


                                      'topic' => 'topic',


                                      'category' => 'catid',





                                   );

Im assuming that this file includes/nukeSEO/content/News.php is not the output file, but rather is sending the story id to another file gernerator, and that is why I cannot echo anything?

Almost anywhere else on phpnuke I could simply use my code to determine the url based upon the $topic, but not here. And I really need thist to work.....

Anyone else have any ideas? Files I should try, mess around with?
Thanks again for any help or suggestions.

Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 7:29 am Post subject:

This line a bit higher:

Code:

   }


   function getLink($id, $catid, $topic)


   {

gives the $id. I added the $topic to it, but it still doesnt give the topic. Im assuming I need to find this "getLink" function, but I dont know where it is. It's not in this paticular file.

Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 8:04 am Post subject:

Got it. I had some special help!
In includes/nukeSEO/content/News.php,
above my special code, I had to call in the topic based upon the $id. I still dont know how this "$id" is getting created, especially since _stories gives a $sid...

I added topic all around this file, mimmicking everywhere similar items were being placed.

I also put this above my special code:

Code:

   global $db, $prefix;


   $res = $db->sql_query('SELECT topic FROM '.$prefix.'_stories WHERE sid="'.$id.'" LIMIT 1;');


   $res = $db->sql_fetchrow($res);


$topic = $res['topic'];


$topic = intval($topic);

Thanks again for your help!

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