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| ====== Syndication ====== | ====== Syndication ====== | ||
| - | This script is used to include information about your board from | + | **extern.php** is used to include information about your board from |
| pages outside the forums and to syndicate news about recent | pages outside the forums and to syndicate news about recent | ||
| - | discussions via RSS / Atom / XML. The script can display a list of | + | discussions via RSS / Atom / XML. The script is able to display a list of |
| recent discussions, a list of active users or a collection of | recent discussions, a list of active users or a collection of | ||
| - | general board statistics. The script can be called directly via | + | general board statistics. It can be called directly via |
| an URL, from a PHP include command or through the use of Server | an URL, from a PHP include command or through the use of Server | ||
| Side Includes (SSI). | Side Includes (SSI). | ||
| - | The scripts behaviour is controlled via variables supplied in the | + | The script behaviour is controlled via variables supplied in the |
| URL to the script. The different variables are: action (what to | URL to the script. The different variables are: action (what to | ||
| do), show (how many items to display), fid (the ID or ID's of | do), show (how many items to display), fid (the ID or ID's of | ||
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| * **show:** Any integer value between 1 and 50. The default is 15. | * **show:** Any integer value between 1 and 50. The default is 15. | ||
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| + | ==== Examples ==== | ||
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| + | == Here are some examples using PHP include(). == | ||
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| + | * Show board statistics: | ||
| + | include('http://host.com/extern.php?action=stats'); | ||
| + | * Show the 10 newest topics from forums with ID 5, 6 and 7: | ||
| + | include('http://host.com/extern.php?action=feed&show=10&fid=5,6,7'); | ||
| + | * Show users online: | ||
| + | include('http://host.com/forums/extern.php?action=online'); | ||
| + | * Show users online with full listing of users: | ||
| + | include('http://host.com/forums/extern.php?action=online_full'); | ||
| + | |||
| + | == And finally some examples using extern.php to output an RSS, ATOM, XML, HTML feed. == | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Output feed as RSS 2.0: | ||
| + | http://host.com/extern.php?action=feed&type=rss | ||
| + | * Output feed as Atom 1.0: | ||
| + | http://host.com/extern.php?action=feed&type=atom | ||
| + | * Output feed as XML: | ||
| + | http://host.com/extern.php?action=feed&type=xml | ||
| + | * Output feed as HTML: | ||
| + | http://host.com/extern.php?action=feed&type=html | ||
