TheShortStack

I've been reading up a lot recently on how best to implement XML feeds into your websites, so I thought I'd write up a series of posts that would explain how I go about getting dynamic data being displayed in my content.

The series will be split over a number of blog posts and will cover:

• Overview of the process and the structure of the XML feed
• Setting up your database correctly
• Extracing and downloading the relevant information using PHP
• Displaying the relevant information on the screen

The reason behind this initial blog post is two fold.

Firstly, to guage interest levels - so if you think you'd find this series useful, just let me know and I'll plough on with it.

Secondly, I'm looking for a good XML feed to use in my example. C-Planet uses one, although the information in there is restricted purely to the current jackpot level. It might be useful to use an XML feed that stores more information (such as Game Name, Last Jackpot Won etc. etc.)

So if anyone knows of a good feed which can be accessed through a direct URL, then again just give me a shout below.

Cheers,