FeedX error

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mmjaeger Reply #1, 17 years ago

Hello
I’m trying to use FeedX on Evolution and I’m getting the following error:
Error: mb_convert_encoding() [function.mb-convert-encoding]: Unable to detect character encoding
Error type/ Nr.: Warning - 2
File: /Users/Marco/Sites/sites/amsworld.ch/assets/snippets/feedx/classes/feedx.class.inc.php
Line: 118
Line 118 source: return mb_convert_encoding($output, $modx->config[’modx_charset’], ’auto’);

any ideas what’s causing this?

Thanks

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bunk58 Reply #2, 17 years ago

Bet you’re trying to read a non utf-8 feed.
FeedX seems to only want utf-8 >:(
Keep trying to find the time to see why and change it.

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mmjaeger Reply #3, 17 years ago

are there any alternatives for modx? what’s the easiest way to check what charset the feed is? by the way, it’s this rss feed

http://www.iaaf.org/rss/rss.xml

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mrhaw Reply #4, 17 years ago

Have you tried using

&convEntities=`1`

And try

Post by: ApoXX on 27-Apr-2007, 04:03 PM
@redstormj:

I'm not sure why encoding conversion was failing, possibly wunderground was sending some invalid ascii character. If you would rather use the wunderground feed, you should be able to get it working by changing the following:
Code:
return mb_convert_encoding($output, $modx->config['modx_charset'], 'auto');
to
Code:
return $output;

http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php?action=printpage;topic=12657.0

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mmjaeger Reply #5, 17 years ago

Quote from: mrhaw at Oct 15, 2009, 05:31 PM

Have you tried using
&convEntities=`1`
where do I put that - in the snippet call?

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bunk58 Reply #6, 17 years ago

That feed is utf-8, just do view source, so it should work with FeedX

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mrhaw Reply #7, 17 years ago

Yes in snippet call! I don’t remember what is default so try with 0 too!

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bunk58 Reply #8, 17 years ago

Just tested it and it works

Here’s my snippet call :

[!FeedX? &url=`http://www.iaaf.org/rss/rss.xml` &cacheTime=`10` &outerChunk=`feedX_start` &cacheType=`0` &maxElements=`CHANNEL(1)`!]

Here are the template chunks :
feedX_start

{{RSS->feedX_outer}}

feedX_outer

{{CHANNEL->feedX_inner}}

feedX_inner

{{ITEM->feedX_item}}

feedX_item

<a  title="[+TITLE+]" href="[+LINK+]">[+TITLE+]</a><br />
<span class="date">Date- [+PUBDATE+]</span><br /><br />
<span class="comment">[+DESCRIPTION+]</span><br /><br />

You can add &debug=`1` to your snippet call to see what’s happening.

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mmjaeger Reply #9, 17 years ago

this seems not to produce a modx error:

return mb_convert_encoding($output, $modx->config['modx_charset'], 'UTF-8');

while
this does:

return mb_convert_encoding($output, $modx->config['modx_charset'], 'auto');

there are still some decoding issues - this is the text I’m getting:

Tadese makes it four in a row - MENâs RACE REPORT - World Half Marathon, Birmingham
11 October 2009 - Birmingham, UK - Eritean Zersenay Tadese, the outstanding pre-race favourite confirmed the predictions in a time of 59:35 taking his fourth successive World title, delivered thanks to a sustained attack which began some 10 kilometres into todayâs IAAF / EDF Energy World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham.

there’s seems to be an issue with hyphens?

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mrhaw Reply #10, 17 years ago

@Bunk do you have any fresh atom tpl’s to share! grin

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