Net_NNTP_Client::getGroups()
Synopsis
array Net_NNTP_Client::getGroups (
)
Description
Returns a list of all avaible newsgroups
Return value
array - a two dimensional, nested array
indicated by the name of the newsgroup, every entry contains
information about the newsgroup:
-
$groups[newsgroup_name]['group']Name of the newsgroup -
$groups[newsgroup_name]['last']Number of the last article -
$groups[newsgroup_name]['first']Number of the first article -
$groups[newsgroup_name]['posting']values:y- yes,n- no,m- moderated)
Note
This function can not be called statically.
Especially public news server can provide more then 30.000 newsgroup. So this function may runs longer then the maximum execution time set in the
php.ini.
Example
Using getGroups()
<?php
...
$ret = $nntp->connect('news.php.net');
if( PEAR::isError($ret)) {
// handle error
} else {
// success
$groups = $nntp->getGroups();
// Print a list of avaible newsgroups
foreach($groups as $group) {
echo $group['group'].'<br>';
}
}
?>