MagpieRSS: Failed to fetch

After months of no problems, I can no longer fetch the feed with php. I have tried CaRP as well as MagPie. Other feeds will work. Feeds from tradebit will not work for me.


Error:

MagpieRSS: Failed to fetch [www.tradebit.com]. (HTTP Response: )

I put the feed through RSS Validator and it passes. I can view the feed with FireFox. I don't see the problem.

Help,
Bill

hi bill,

strange, i have been working with magpie myself and the RSS feeds worked so far...

would you mind to share your code with me? I fetch the music from here myself for some other domains to show them!

did you change ANYTHING on the code? Did you activate the CACHE? maybe you need the flush the cache!

ralf

Hi Ralf,
The cache is fine. I've tried CaRP also , with the same results.

This will read Newegg, but not Tradebit.

<?php include('rss_fetch.inc');

// Set error reporting for this
error_reporting(E_ERROR);

// Fetch RSS feed
$rss = fetch_rss('http://www.newegg.com/Product/RSS.asp?Category=34&Brand=1028&N=2010340343+50001028+1050706980+1051707439&Submit=ENE&Nty=1&SubCategory=343&DEPA=1');
if ($rss)
{
// Split the array to show first 5
$items = array_slice($rss->items, 0, 5);
// Cycle through each item and echo
foreach ($items as $item )
{
echo '<li><a href="'.$item['link'].'">'.$item['title'].'</a> - '.$item['description'].'</li>';
}
}
else
{
echo '<h2>Error:</h2><p>'.magpie_error().'</p>';
}
// Restore original error reporting value
@ini_restore('error_reporting');
?>

Bill

hi,

that could be the time limit, here is my working code:

<?PHP
require_once("magpierss/rss_fetch.inc";

set_time_limit(0);

$relbase="../";

$url="[www.tradebit.com];;

$rss = fetch_rss( $url );

foreach ($rss->channel as $channel)
{
  $channellink=$channel["link"];
}

print $channellink;

foreach ($rss->items as $item)
{
  $href = $item['link'];
  $title = $item['title'];
  $descr=$item['description'];

  print $title.": ".$href."\n";
}
?>

Hi
I get the same results with your code. Other feeds work, but not Tradebit feeds.

This CaRP code works


<?php
require_once 'carp/carp.php';

CarpShow('http://www.geckotribe.com/press/rss/pr.rss');
?>

This does not work for me--

<?php
require_once 'carp/carp.php';

CarpShow('http://www.tradebit.com/forum/rss.php');
?>

What I did next--

I saved my feed
(http://www.tradebit.com/layouts/rss.php/UPLOADED/10882/10/news.xml)locally.
Both MagPie and CaRP will process the file without errors.

In Magpie--

<?PHP
require_once("rss_fetch.inc";


$url="[www.nmblaptops.com];;

$rss = fetch_rss( $url );


foreach ($rss->items as $item)
{
$href = $item['link'];
$title = $item['title'];
$descr=$item['description'];

print '<a href=".$href.">'.$title.'</a><br />'.$descr.'<br />';
}
?>

In CaRP with same formating---

<?php
require_once 'carp/carp.php';

CarpShow('news.xml');
?>

Any more ideas???
Bill

bill, i am honestly clueless, because the code works for me! very strange! do you see any differences? have you tried your code with the set_time_limit command? maybe it is a time out!

ralf

by the way: the url of your feed looks fine with the RSS validator, too... really no idea, what i can do

if you find out anything, please let me know! maybe it would work, if you pass your feed through feedburner.com? like this one: [feeds.feedburner.com]

register your feed and use their url to parse it?

ralf

Good Morning Ralf,
Feedburner is a nice wraper for the feeds and it does work for me. I believe my problem is somewhere in GoDaddy Linux hosting(php verion 4.3.11/CGI/FastCGI.) I can fetch Tradebit feeds just fine on Verizon Linux hosting(php version 4.4.1/Apache.)

More later,
Bill

fopen("[www.tradebit.com];, "r"

hangs on Godaddy hosting, not on Verizon.

fopen("[rss.weather.com];, "r"

works

I'm going to bed,
Bill

strangeeeee!!! haven't had such a bug for a long time... i guess it is not the hosting, just the PHP version!

ralf