Can't get RSS feeds to be displayed in a form

[local host]

Hello everyone,

I created a form with RSS feeds to get displayed when you click 'Get feed' but it's not getting anything back. I don't know what form action I should use for the feeds to be displayed. Is it some certain type of script? Also, what extension should I give the form (.html, .php, .php3) or it doesn't matter?

<form action='' method='post'><select name="backend"><optgroup label="Select RSS Feed">
<option value="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/rss.xml">Windows Vista</option>
<option value="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/news.rss">Discovery channel</option>
<option value="http://www.milw0rm.com/rss.php">Milw0rm</option>
<option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/technology/rss.xml#">BBC News</option>
<option value="http://addict3d.org/backend_news.php">addict3d</option>
<option value="http://www.astalavista.com/feed/news_headlines_en.xml">Astalavista Security News</option>
<option value="http://www.us-cert.gov/channels/techalerts.rdf">US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alerts</option>
<option value="http://security-protocols.com/backend.php">security-protocols</option>
<option value="http://nvd.nist.gov/download/nvd-rss.xml">National Vulnerability Database</option>
<option value="http://www.open-security.org/adv.rss">Open Security Group</option>
<option value="http://securitydot.net/rss/news.xml">SecurityDot news</option>
<option value="http://securitydot.net/rss/vulnerabilities.xml">SecurityDot vulnerabilities</option>
<option value="http://www.datastronghold.com/index2.php?option=com_rss&feed=RSS1.0&no_html=1">Data strong</option>
<option value="http://edge.i-hacked.com/feed/">i-hacked</option>
<option value="http://securitydot.net/rss/exploits.xml">Security Dot</option>
<option value="http://www.infoworld.com/rss/news.xml">Info world Top news</option>
<option value="http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/rss.xml">Info world tech</option>
<option value="http://www.vnunet.com/feeds/rss/latest/all/news">vnunet news</option>
<option value="http://www.theregister.co.uk/headlines.rss">The Register</option>
<option value="http://www.osvdb.org/backend/rss.php?n=10">OSVDB</option>
</select><input type='submit' value='Get Feed'></form>

Thanks.

[Agent_Embryo]

Well you don't have a form action. Without it, the form does nothing.

[jkrohn]

Actually without an action it posts back onto itself.

What are you trying to do? Pipe the feeds? Redirect to the feeds?

[local host]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agent_Embryo

Well you don't have a form action. Without it, the form does nothing.

No duh, it does nothing. That didn't answer my question. My question is what form action do I use? I already know without one the form does nothing.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkrohn

Actually without an action it posts back onto itself.

What are you trying to do? Pipe the feeds? Redirect to the feeds?

[local host]

Wow, any programmers in here that actually know I'm talking about or that is all that I am gonna get back as a response that I don't have a form action and that's the reason it doesn't work?

C'mon, what goes in there. Is it like a cgi script or something?

[Agent_Embryo]

Sorry, missed some important lines in your first post about the form action. You will need some sort of script, either JavaScript or a server-side script in PHP or ASP. Another option is to use a service to display the feeds.

I can't tell you exactly how to do it, but here's some reference:

http://www.rss-specifications.com/di...-rss-feeds.htm

[local host]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agent_Embryo

Sorry, missed some important lines in your first post about the form action. You will need some sort of script, either JavaScript or a server-side script in PHP or ASP. Another option is to use a service to display the feeds.

I can't tell you exactly how to do it, but here's some reference:

http://www.rss-specifications.com/di...-rss-feeds.htm

Ok, thanks, that link helped out alot. That's all I need. I'll add a script into the form action just as I thought and give it a shot and see how it works.

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