Parsing RSS with php to get a json feed

Question

I need to convert a RSS feed from another domain and turn it into json. In order to circumvent cross-domain warnings, I'm parsing the RSS feed server side using this PHP proxy script.

but somehow the response is in one long string.

I would like to use ajax like this:

var url = "http://www.mywebsite.net/simple-proxy.php?url=http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml?edition=int&callback=feed";
    $.ajax({
        dataType: "jsonp",
        url: url,
        success: function(data) {
            console.log(data);
        }
    });

- but somehow the response is in one long string. How do I get the response turned into a json array with nodes, and so on?

Stefany Newman · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-11 22:08:21Z

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Get the string and then convert it into JSON: I see you are using jquery so...

$.parseJSON(jsonString);

answered Jan 11, 2017 at 22:08

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Meek Over a year ago

Doing this throws an error: Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token o in JSON at position 1 Could it be related to quotes or something?

Stefany Newman Over a year ago

Check the data type of the data variable, if it is already JSON it will give you such an error. Otherwise, make sure you have set the correct headers. If the header is already application/JSON you dont need to parse.

Meek Over a year ago

Ok, thanks. How do I do that in the PHP Proxy above?

Stefany Newman Over a year ago

To set the PHP headers, use: header('application/json'); But i reccomend checking the type in JS: console.log(typeof data);

Meek · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-12 14:43:05Z

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I found a solution using SQL instead.

answered Jan 12, 2017 at 14:43

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