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newsgroup reader

Type:	application
Added by:	swaxi
Entered:	03/11/2002
Last modified:	01/11/2001
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a short example of how to use pear's nntp class to read from newsgroups (usenet), since the documentation on pear's site suxx.

<?php
 require_once("net/NNTP.php");
 define ("USENET_URL", "news.php.net");

                            
 $nntp = new Net_NNTP;
 $ret = $nntp->connect(USENET_URL);

                            if( PEAR::isError($ret)) {

                                // handle error

                                echo "error : ".$ret->getMessage()."<br>";

                            } else {

                                // success

                                if (isset($messageid)) {

                                    $headers = $nntp->splitHeaders($messageid);

                                    echo "<b>".$headers["Subject"]."</b> ";

                                    echo "<a href="?group=".$group."">up</a><br>";

                                    $body = $nntp->getBody($messageid);

                                    echo nl2br($body);

                                } else if (isset($group)) {

                                    echo "<b>".$group."</b> ";

                                    echo "<a href="?">up</a><br>";

                                    // print all messages

                                    $data = $nntp->selectGroup($group);

                                    $msgs = $nntp->getOverview($data["first"], $data["last"]);

                                    foreach($msgs as $msg) {    // print subjects

                                        echo "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."<a href="?messageid=".$msg["Message-ID"]."&group=".$group."">";

                                        echo $msg["Subject"]."</a><br>";

                                    }

                                } else {

                                    // Print a list of avaible newsgroups

                                    $groups = $nntp->getGroups();

                                    foreach($groups as $group) {

                                        echo "<b><a href="?group=".$group["group"]."">";

                                        echo $group["group"]." : ".$group["desc"];

                                        echo "</a></b><br>";

                                    }

                                }

                                $nntp->quit();

                            }
 ?>

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