$feed)
{
foreach($feed->get_items() as $item)
{
$timestamp = strtotime($item->get_date());
//$river[{uniqueIdentifier}][{description of information}] = {the information}
//the uniqueIdentifier starts with the timestamp so that when we sort the river into date order it is correct
$river[$timestamp.$name]['title'] = $item->get_title();
$river[$timestamp.$name]['link'] = $item->get_link();
$river[$timestamp.$name]['name'] = $item->get_feed()->get_title();
if('flickr'==$name){$river[$timestamp.$name]['bg']=$item->get_content();}
$river[$timestamp.$name]['feed'] = $name;
$river[$timestamp.$name]['timestamp'] = $timestamp;
}
}
//be magical and sort each item in the river by date
krsort($river);
/*
ensure that there are always 4 items in a row by removing any droplets in
a row with less than 4 droplets
*/
while((!is_int(count($river) / 4))||(36 < count($river)))
{ array_pop($river); }
//identify tweets from youtube
foreach($river as $timestamp => $droplet)
{
if((preg_match('/http:\/\/youtu.be\//i', $droplet['title'])))
{
$river[$timestamp]['feed'] = 'twitter-youtube';
}
}
//format the content so it looks good on the page
function format_content($content, $feed)
{
switch($feed)
{
case 'twitter':
return '
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