/**
* Sets up SimplePie object.
*
* @param integer $iCacheDuration // 60 seconds * 60 = 1 hour, 1800 = 30 minutes
*/
protected function getFeedObj($aUrls, $iItem = 10, $iCacheDuration = 36000)
{
// Reuse the object that already exists. This conserves the memory usage.
// $this->oFeed = isset( $this->oFeed ) ? $this->oFeed : new AmazonAutoLinks_SimplePie;
// $oFeed = $this->oFeed; //
// For excluding sub categories, new instances need to be instantiated per set of uls as SimplePie somehow does not
// property output newly fetched items.
$_oFeed = new AmazonAutoLinks_SimplePie();
// Set sort type.
$_oFeed->set_sortorder($this->oUnitOption->get('sort'));
$_oFeed->set_charset_for_sort($this->sCharEncoding);
$_oFeed->set_keeprawtitle($this->oUnitOption->get('keep_raw_title'));
// Set urls
$_oFeed->set_feed_url($aUrls);
$_oFeed->set_item_limit($iItem);
// This should be set after defining $urls
$_oFeed->set_cache_duration($iCacheDuration);
$_oFeed->set_stupidly_fast(true);
// If the cache lifetime is explicitly set to 0, do not trigger the background renewal cache event
if (0 == $iCacheDuration) {
// setting it true will be considered the background process; thus, it won't trigger the renewal event.
$_oFeed->setBackground(true);
}
// set_stupidly_fast() disables this internally so turn it on manually because it will trigger the custom sort method
$_oFeed->enable_order_by_date(true);
// $_oFeed->file_class = 'AmazonAutoLinks_SimplePie_File'; // this is assigned in the class definition already
$_oFeed->init();
// will perform fetching the feeds.
return $_oFeed;
}
