Re: [syndication] PHP tool for parsing RSS1.0?

["James Linden" <jlinden@lindensys.net>]

> no, this is just an ad-hoc format useful for debugging purposes.
> (there's also a similar one, generated by the var_dump() function, that
> contains more of the type information for each value. there's also a
> var_export() function that exports a variable as php code that i guess
> could be considered a bit of a serialization format.)
>
> > Is there code in PHP that reads information output in this format?
>
> not that i'm aware of. (but php does support other serialization
> formats, including a terse internal one with the serialize() and
> unserialize() functions, and more standardized ones like wddx.)
>

    If I understand the question right - of course there is PHP to read the
output. I fail to see where there is any question - the output is 100% PHP
arrays.

    If you mean read the output of print_r() - then, no, but there is no
point in reading that output.

James