PHP | CakePHP: Parsing RSS feed in Simple Steps

How to read RSS feeds (XML file) and display contents in CakePHP?

Parsing an XML feed can be done in simple steps as follows in CakePHP …

CakePHP Controller: /app/controllers/rss_controller.php

<?php
/**
*	CakePHP Controller to parse XML file
*/
class RssController extends AppController{
	var $name = "Rss";
	// As the RSS will not currently use a database
	var $uses = array();
	var $feed_url = "http://kurinchilamp.kurinchilion.com/feed";
	var $rss_item = array();
	
	function index(){
		App::import('Xml');
		$parsed_xml =& new XML($this->feed_url);
		// xml to array conversion
		$this->rss_item = $parsed_xml->toArray();
		$this->set('data', $this->rss_item['Rss']['Channel']['Item']);
	}
}
?>

CakePHP View: /app/views/rss/index.ctp

Feed Titles from kurinchilion.com
<?php
	foreach($data as $temp_item){
		echo "
".$temp_item['title']."
";
	} 
?>