CakePHP Feed Plugin

A CakePHP plugin containing a RssView class to generate RSS feeds.

Version notice

This branch is for use with CakePHP 5.0+. See version map for details.

What is this plugin for?

There used to be a core helper for RSS generation, but it had several deficiencies. It also was removed in 4.0. So this plugin aims to provide a better support for feed generation.

Goals of this view class

• Support view-less actions via serialize.
• Get rid of the ridiculously verbose "inline" namespace declarations.
• Simplify the use of namespaces and their prefixes (auto-add only those that are actually used).
• Support CDATA (unescaped content).
• Allow mini-templating where necessary.

Additional features

• Automatic View class mapping via rss extension.

See my article for details on the history of this view class.

Demo

https://sandbox.dereuromark.de/sandbox/feed-examples

Installation & Docs

• Documentation

Possible TODOs

• Maybe add Feed readers instead of just writers.
• Add AtomView ?