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Create a file called xml.php and save it within application > libaries. Add this content to it:

<?php
if ( ! defined(‘BASEPATH’)) exit(‘No direct script access allowed’); // Class xml by Troy Wolf
// http://www.troywolf.com/articles/php/class_xml/
class Xml {
    var $log;
    var $data;
    var $parser;
    var $stack;
    var $index;
    function xml() {
        $this->log = “New xml() object instantiated.<br />\n”;
    }
    function fetch($raw_xml) {
        $this->log .= “fetch() called.<br />\n”;
        $this->index = 0;
        $this->data = null;
        $this->stack = array();
        $this->stack[] = &$this->data;
        $this->parser = xml_parser_create (“UTF-8″);
        xml_set_object($this->parser,$this);
        xml_set_element_handler($this->parser, “tag_open”, “tag_close”);
        xml_set_character_data_handler($this->parser, “cdata”);
        xml_parser_set_option($this->parser, XML_OPTION_TARGET_ENCODING, “UTF-8″);
        if (!$parsed_xml = xml_parse($this->parser,$raw_xml, true )) {
            $this->log .= sprintf(“XML error: %s at line %d”,
            xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($this->parser)),
            xml_get_current_line_number($this->parser));
            return false;
        }
        xml_parser_free($this->parser);
        return true;
    }
    function tag_open($parser, $tag, $attrs) {
        $tag = str_replace(“-”, “_”, $tag);
        $tag = str_replace(“:”, “_”, $tag);
        foreach($attrs as $key => $val) {
            $key = str_replace(“-”, “_”, $key);
            $key = str_replace(“:”, “_”, $key);
            $value = $this->clean($val);    
            $object->_attr->$key = $value;
        }
        $temp = &$this->stack[$this->index]->$tag;
        $temp[] = &$object;
        $size = sizeof($temp);
    $this->stack[] = &$temp[$size-1];
    $this->index++;
    }
    function tag_close($parser, $tag) {
        array_pop($this->stack);
        $this->index–;
    }
    function cdata($parser, $data) {
        if(trim($data)){
            $this->stack[$this->index]->_text .= $data;
        }
    }
    function clean($string){    
        return utf8_decode(trim($string));
    }
}
/* End of file xml.php */

Next, create a file called weather.php and save that within application > libaries. Add this content:

<?php
if ( ! defined(‘BASEPATH’)) exit(‘No direct script access allowed’);
class Weather {
    var $source;
    var $x;
    var $parser;
    var $stack;
    var $index;
    public function weather($code = 24, $location=”Norwich”) {
    $x = new xml();
    $source = file_get_contents(“http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/” . $code . “/ObservationsRSS.xml”);
    if (!$x->fetch($source)) {
        // The class has a ‘log’ property that contains a log of events. This log is useful for testing and debugging.
        // Remove the <h2> once going live to prevent visible errors.
        // echo “<h2>There was a problem parsing your XML!</h2>”;
        echo $x->log;
        exit();
    }
    foreach ($x->data->RSS[0]->CHANNEL[0]->ITEM as $item) {	
        if (preg_match(“/cloud/”, $item->TITLE[0]->_text)) {
            // cloudy
            $weather = ‘<h6 id=weather>Weather in ‘. $location . ‘ today: <img src=”images/weather_icons/cloudy.gif” alt=”cloudy” width=31 height=31></h6>’;
        } elseif (preg_match(“/sunny intervals/”, $item->TITLE[0]->_text)) {
            // sunny intervals
            $weather = ‘<h6 id=weather>Weather in ‘. $location . ‘ today: <img src=”images/weather_icons/sunny-intervals.gif” alt=”sunny intervals” width=31 height=31></h6>’;
        } elseif (preg_match(“/sunny/”, $item->TITLE[0]->_text)) {
            // sunny
            $weather = ‘<h6 id=weather>Weather in ‘. $location . ‘ today: <img src=”images/weather_icons/sunny.gif” alt=”sunny” width=31 height=31></h6>’;
        } elseif (preg_match(“/mist/”, $item->TITLE[0]->_text)) {
            // mist
            $weather = ‘<h6 id=weather>Weather in ‘. $location . ‘ today: <img src=”images/weather_icons/rain.gif” alt=”mist” width=31 height=31></h6>’;
        } elseif (preg_match(“/drizzle/”, $item->TITLE[0]->_text)) {
            // drizzle
            $weather = ‘<h6 id=weather>Weather in ‘. $location . ‘ today: <img src=”images/weather_icons/rain.gif” alt=”drizzle” width=31 height=31></h6>’;
        } elseif (preg_match(“/light rain/”, $item->TITLE[0]->_text)) {
            // light rain
            $weather = ‘<h6 id=weather>Weather in ‘. $location . ‘ today: <img src=”images/weather_icons/rain.gif” alt=”light rain” width=31 height=31></h6>’;
        } elseif (preg_match(“/heavy rain/”, $item->TITLE[0]->_text)) {
            // heavy rain
            $weather = ‘<h6 id=weather>Weather in ‘. $location . ‘ today: <img src=”images/weather_icons/rain.gif” alt=”heavy rain” width=31 height=31></h6>’;
        } elseif (preg_match(“/sleet/”, $item->TITLE[0]->_text)) {
            // sleet
            $weather = ‘<h6 id=weather>Weather in ‘. $location . ‘ today: <img src=”images/weather_icons/snow.gif” alt=”sleet” width=31 height=31></h6>’;
        } elseif (preg_match(“/snow/”, $item->TITLE[0]->_text)) {
            // snow
            $weather = ‘<h6 id=weather>Weather in ‘. $location . ‘ today: <img src=”images/weather_icons/snow.gif” alt=”snow” width=31 height=31></h6>’;
        } else {
            // $weather = ‘<h6 id=noweather>Weather feed error</h6>’;
            $weather = ”;
        }
    }
    return $weather;
}
/* End of file weather.php */

That's your libraries sorted. In your controller, add the following to load the libraries:

$this->load->library(‘xml’);
$this->load->library(‘weather’);

and then get the weather by using :

$html['weather'] = $this->weather->weather(“24″, “Norwich”);

For locations other than Norwich, UK, you'll need to change the BBC RSS weather code (24, above) and the location name.