Commit 3227 - Implementing MagpieRSS

// grab rss feeds
$modx->loadClass('xmlrss.modRSSParser','',false,true);
$rssparser = new modRSSParser($modx);

$url = 'http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php?sa=recent;type=rss2;action=.xml&limit=10;board=1';
$rss = $rssparser->parse($url);
$modx->smarty->assign('newsfeed',$rss);

$url = 'http://feeds.feedburner.com/modxsecurity';
$rss = $rssparser->parse($url);
$modx->smarty->assign('securefeed',$rss);


$modx->smarty->display('welcome.tpl');

<?php
/**
 * modRSSParser
 *
 * @package modx
 * @subpackage xmlrss
 */
/**
 * RSS Parser for MODx, implementing SimplePie
 *
 * @package modx
 * @subpackage xmlrss
 */
class modRSSParser {
    /**#@+
     * Constructor for modRSSParser
     *
     * @param modX &$modx A reference to the modx object.
     */
    function modRSSParser(&$modx) {
        $this->__construct($modx);
    }
    /** @ignore */
    function __construct(&$modx) {
        $this->modx =& $modx;
        $this->modx->loadClass('xmlrss.SimplePie','',false,true);
		$this->feed = new SimplePie();
		$this->feed->set_cache_location($this->modx->config['core_path'].'cache/rss/');
    }
    /**#@- */

    /**
     * Parses and interprets an RSS or Atom URL
     *
     * @param string $url The URL of the RSS/Atom feed.
     * @return array The parsed RSS/Atom feed.
     */
    function parse($url) {
		$this->feed->set_feed_url($url);
		$this->feed->init();
		foreach($this->feed->get_items() as $item) {
			$rss[]=array('link'=>$item->get_link(),
						 'title'=>$item->get_title(),
						 'description'=>$item->get_description(),
						 'pubdate'=>$item->get_local_date('%b %d, %Y %I:%H %p'));
			}
		return $rss;
    }
}