title: get RSS feed into php array - possible?
body: <p>I want to parse an existing RSS feed from another website with php and then store certain parts of it in a mysql database.</p>
  
  <p>I'm very competent with php and mysql but have never worked with rss feeds before, where should i start?</p>
  
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  <li>is there an equivalent to file_get_contents() for getting rss into php?</li>
  <li>are rss feeds broken down into xml/microdata or do i need to use regex to grab bits?</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>cheers!</p>