Can anyone tell me why this php code is not pulling the right rss desription?

[BamaStangGuy]

    require_once './rss/rss_fetch.inc';

    $url = 'http://www.conflictingviews.com/forum/external.php?type=rss&forumids=8,16,18,17,23,27' ;
    $rss = fetch_rss($url);

    if ( $rss and !$rss->ERROR) {
        foreach ($rss->items as $item ) {
        echo ' <table class="tborder" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="100%">';
        echo ' <tr> ';
        echo ' <td class="thead"> ';
        echo ' ' . $item[title] . ' ';
        echo ' </td> ';
        echo ' </tr> ';
        echo ' <tr> ';
        echo ' <td class="tcat"> ';
        echo ' <a href="' . $item[link] . '">Discuss this topic on our Political Forums</a> ';
        echo ' </td> ';
        echo ' </tr> ';
        echo ' <tr> ';
        echo ' <td class="alt1"> ';
        echo ' ' . $item[description] .' ';
        echo ' </td> ';
        echo ' </tr> ';
        echo ' </table> <br /> ';
        
        // echo ' <p><a href="' . $item[link] . '">' . $item[title] . ' </a><br / >';
        // echo 'Publish Date: ' . $item[pubdate] . ' <br / >';
        // echo $item[ description ] . ' </p>' ;
        }
    } else {
        echo 'RSS Error: ' . $rss->ERROR . ' <br / ><br />' ;
    } 

It outputs the image below.

Should it not output the thread content?

[merk]

Take a look at the RSS feed that you're using in your browser.

http://www.conflictingviews.com/foru...16,18,17,23,27

RSS feeds are not designed for that purpose.

[MrNase]

You have to use RSS2

See here: http://www.conflictingviews.com/foru...16,18,17,23,27