/**
* Private method to get the rss feed
* @param string $url A string containg the url of the rss feed being requested
*/
private static function get_rss_feed($url)
{
// Create a new RSS feed
$rss = new Feed\Rss($url);
// Set some options
$rss->set_post_limit(self::$limit_posts_per_source);
$rss->set_old_limit(self::$old_post_days);
// Get the data
return $rss->get_normalized_data();
}
/**
* Method to take in all of the feed data and aggregate it as one feed
*/
public static function aggregate()
{
// Create an array for all of the feed data aggregated together
$agg_feed_data = array();
// Loop through each feed
foreach (self::$feed_urls as $url) {
// Create a new RSS feed
$rss = new Feed\Rss($url);
// Set some options
$rss->set_post_limit(self::$limit_posts_per_source);
$rss->set_old_limit(self::$old_post_days);
// Get the data
$feed_data = $rss->get_normalized_data();
// Get the data and merge the returned array into our aggregate array
$agg_feed_data = array_merge($agg_feed_data, $feed_data);
}
// Limit the posts to a set amount
$agg_feed_data = array_slice($agg_feed_data, 0, self::$limit_posts_total);
return $agg_feed_data;
}
