function NewsItems($limit = 20)
{
$repository = new SapphireRssNewsRepository();
$tx_manager = SapphireTransactionManager::getInstance();
$rss_news_manager = new RssNewsManager($repository, $tx_manager);
$return_array = new ArrayList();
$group_array = $rss_news_manager->getNewsItemsFromDatabaseGroupedByCategory();
for ($i = 0; $i < 7 && $i < count($group_array[RssNews::SuperUser]); $i++) {
$item = $group_array[RssNews::SuperUser][$i];
$return_array->push(array('type' => $item->Category, 'link' => $item->Link, 'title' => $item->Headline, 'pubdate' => date('D, M jS Y', strtotime($item->Date)), 'rawpubdate' => $item->Date));
}
for ($i = 0; $i < 3 && $i < count($group_array[RssNews::Planet]); $i++) {
$item = $group_array[RssNews::Planet][$i];
$return_array->push(array('type' => $item->Category, 'link' => $item->Link, 'title' => $item->Headline, 'pubdate' => date('D, M jS Y', strtotime($item->Date)), 'rawpubdate' => $item->Date));
}
/*for ($i = 0; $i < 3 && $i < count($group_array[RssNews::Blog]); $i++ ) {
$item = $group_array[RssNews::Blog][$i];
$return_array->push(array('type' => $item->Category, 'link' => $item->Link, 'title' => $item->Headline,
'pubdate' => date('D, M jS Y', strtotime($item->Date)), 'rawpubdate' => $item->Date));
}*/
$rss_count = $return_array->count();
$openstack_news = DataObject::get('News', "Approved = 1", "Date DESC", "", $limit - $rss_count)->toArray();
foreach ($openstack_news as $item) {
$art_link = 'news/view/' . $item->ID . '/' . $item->HeadlineForUrl;
$return_array->push(array('type' => 'News', 'link' => $art_link, 'title' => $item->Headline, 'pubdate' => date('D, M jS Y', strtotime($item->Date)), 'rawpubdate' => $item->Date));
}
return $return_array->sort('rawpubdate', 'DESC')->limit($limit, 0);
}
