/**
* Method to parse the source's data into a standard format
*/
protected function parse_data()
{
// Create a normalized feed array (to be served later)
$parsed_data = array();
// Reference just the feed
$feed = $this->data->feed;
// If the feed doesn't have a title, give it a generic name
$feed_title = $feed->title();
if (strlen($feed_title) <= 0) {
$feed_title = 'Plymouth State News';
}
// Let's loop through each article
$item_count = 0;
foreach ($feed as $item) {
// If we've gone over the post limit setting, then break out of this loop
if ($item_count > $this->post_limit) {
// Stop adding posts from this feed
break;
}
// Cut posts if they're too old
$post_timestamp = strtotime($item->pubDate());
if (time() - $post_timestamp > $this->old_post_days * 86400) {
// Skip adding this one... its too old
continue;
}
// Quick function to clean the posts text
$clean_the_post = function ($post) {
// Run some cleaners on the string
$post = htmlspecialchars_decode($post);
$post = html_entity_decode($post);
$post = strip_tags($post);
$post = \PSU::html_all_entities($post);
$post = str_replace('⿿', '\'', $post);
return $post;
};
$post_text = $clean_the_post($item->title());
// Add the posts data to the normalized array
$parsed_data[] = array('source' => 'RSS', 'title' => $feed_title, 'userid' => '', 'rawtime' => $item->pubDate(), 'timestamp' => $post_timestamp, 'datetime' => \PSU::html5_datetime($post_timestamp), 'time_ago' => \PSU::date_diff($post_timestamp, time(), 'simple'), 'url' => $item->link(), 'text' => $post_text, 'description' => $item->description(), 'content' => $item->content());
$item_count++;
}
return $parsed_data;
}
