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SimpleXML and PHP Error Handling - Tumblr RSS Example

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  1. <ul>
  2.  
  3. <?php
  4.   $rss = @simplexml_load_file('http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/rss');
  5.   if ($rss) {
  6.       $i = 0;
  7.       foreach ($rss->channel->item as $item) {
  8.           if (++$i > 7) {
  9.               // stop after 7 items
  10.               break;
  11.           }
  12.           echo "<li><a href='" . $item->link . "'>" . $item->title . "</a></li>\n";
  13.       }
  14.   } else {
  15.       echo "Tumblr is down.";
  16.   }
  17. ?>
  18.  
  19. </ul>

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