My current host refuses to upgrade to php 5 so I am stuck (for the time being) on php 4.

My test server is php 5 but my live server is php 4 so the code I got will not work as it delivers error after error.
Please help. Thank you

The original code is:
rss_feeds.php

PHP Code:
<?php
// rss_feeds.php written by Static & Penagate @ http://staticfx.com 
// this file goes in the /bb3portal/block/ directory 

class OnlyHellRssFeed {
    
    private $nr_news=10;
    private $rss_channel = array();
    private $currently_writing = "";
    private $main = "";
    private $item_counter = 0;
    private $template;
    private $feedname;
    private $url;

    function __construct($feedname, $url) {
      $this->feedname = $feedname;
      $this->url = $url;
    }
    
    function startElement($parser, $name, $attrs) {
           switch($name) {
               case "RSS":
               case "RDF:RDF":
               case "ITEMS":
                   $this->currently_writing = "";
                   break;
               case "CHANNEL":
                   $this->main = "CHANNEL";
                   break;
               case "IMAGE":
                   $this->main = "IMAGE";
                   $this->rss_channel["IMAGE"] = array();
                   break;
               case "ITEM":
                   $this->main = "ITEMS";
                   break;
               default:
                   $this->currently_writing = $name;
                   break;
           }
    }
    
    function endElement($parser, $name) {
           $this->currently_writing = "";
           if ($name == "ITEM") {
               $this->item_counter++;
           }
    }
    
    function characterData($parser, $data) {
        if ($this->currently_writing != "") {
            switch($this->main) {
                case "ITEMS":
                    if (isset($this->rss_channel[$this->main][$this->item_counter][$this->currently_writing])) {
                        $this->rss_channel[$this->main][$this->item_counter][$this->currently_writing] .= $data;
                    } else {
                        //print ("rss_channel[$main][$item_counter][$currently_writing] = $data<br>");
                        $this->rss_channel[$this->main][$this->item_counter][$this->currently_writing] = $data;
                    }
                    break;
            }
        }
    }
    
    function get_data(&$template) {
                $xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
                xml_set_element_handler( 
                  $xml_parser, 
                  array($this, 'startElement'), 
                  array($this, 'endElement') 
                ); 
                xml_set_character_data_handler( 
                  $xml_parser, 
                  array($this, 'characterData') 
                ); 
                
                $data = self::curl_string($this->url);
                xml_parse($xml_parser,$data);
                xml_parser_free($xml_parser);
                
                // putting in array
                $news=array();
                if (isset($this->rss_channel["ITEMS"])) 
                {
                    if (count($this->rss_channel["ITEMS"]) > 0) 
                        for($i = 0;$i < count($this->rss_channel["ITEMS"]);$i++) $news[]=$this->rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i];
                }
                $c=0;
                
                foreach($news as $key=>$val)
                {
                    if($c<$this->nr_news)
                    {
                        $template->assign_block_vars($this->feedname, array(
                        'LINK' => $val['LINK'],
                        'TITLE' => $val['TITLE'],
                        'DESC' => $val['DESCRIPTION'])
                        );
                    }
                    $c++;
                }
            }
    private static function curl_string ($url,$user_agent='Mozilla 4.0'){

       $ch = curl_init();

       curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
       curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $user_agent);
       curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
       curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
       curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
       curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 120);
       $result = curl_exec ($ch);
       curl_close($ch);
       return $result;
  
        }
}


?>
This gave the error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /home/admin/public_html/bb3portal/block/rss_feeds.php on line 9

When I change:
Code:
	private $nr_news=10;
	private $rss_channel = array();
	private $currently_writing = "";
	private $main = "";
	private $item_counter = 0;
	private $template;
	private $feedname;
	private $url;



	private static function curl_string ($url,$user_agent='Mozilla 4.0'){
to: (removing the "private" code)
Code:
	var $nr_news=10;
	var $rss_channel = array();
	var $currently_writing = "";
	var $main = "";
	var $item_counter = 0;
	var $template;
	var $feedname;
	var $url;



	var static function curl_string ($url,$user_agent='Mozilla 4.0'){
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STATIC, expecting T_VARIABLE in /home/admin/public_html/bb3portal/block/rss_feeds.php on line 106

It was then said to remove "var static" and leave only function curl_string

the new error:
Fatal error: Undefined class name 'self' in /home/admin/public_html/bb3portal/block/rss_feeds.php on line 80

so I searched and found only 1 reference to self:: and changed it to $this->

now I get no errors but the list is not showing up as it should in my block.

Current code:

PHP Code:
<?php
// rss_feeds.php written by Static & Penagate @ http://staticfx.com 
// this file goes in the /bb3portal/block/ directory 


class OnlyHellRssFeed { 
     
    var $nr_news=10; 
    var $rss_channel = array(); 
    var $currently_writing = ""; 
    var $main = ""; 
    var $item_counter = 0; 
    var $template; 
    var $feedname; 
    var $url; 

    function OnlyHellRssFeed ($feedname, $url) { 
      $this->feedname = $feedname; 
      $this->url = $url; 
    } 
     
    function startElement($parser, $name, $attrs) { 
           switch($name) { 
               case "RSS": 
               case "RDF:RDF": 
               case "ITEMS": 
                   $this->currently_writing = ""; 
                   break; 
               case "CHANNEL": 
                   $this->main = "CHANNEL"; 
                   break; 
               case "IMAGE": 
                   $this->main = "IMAGE"; 
                   $this->rss_channel["IMAGE"] = array(); 
                   break; 
               case "ITEM": 
                   $this->main = "ITEMS"; 
                   break; 
               default: 
                   $this->currently_writing = $name; 
                   break; 
           } 
    } 
     
    function endElement($parser, $name) { 
           $this->currently_writing = ""; 
           if ($name == "ITEM") { 
               $this->item_counter++; 
           } 
    } 
     
    function characterData($parser, $data) { 
        if ($this->currently_writing != "") { 
            switch($this->main) { 
                case "ITEMS": 
                    if (isset($this->rss_channel[$this->main][$this->item_counter][$this->currently_writing])) { 
                        $this->rss_channel[$this->main][$this->item_counter][$this->currently_writing] .= $data; 
                    } else { 
                        //print ("rss_channel[$main][$item_counter][$currently_writing] = $data<br>"); 
                        $this->rss_channel[$this->main][$this->item_counter][$this->currently_writing] = $data; 
                    } 
                    break; 
            } 
        } 
    } 
     
    function get_data(&$template) { 
                $xml_parser = xml_parser_create(); 
                xml_set_element_handler(  
                  $xml_parser,  
                  array($this, 'startElement'),  
                  array($this, 'endElement')  
                );  
                xml_set_character_data_handler(  
                  $xml_parser,  
                  array($this, 'characterData')  
                );  
                 
                $data = $this->curl_string($this->url); 
                xml_parse($xml_parser,$data); 
                xml_parser_free($xml_parser); 
                 
                // putting in array 
                $news=array(); 
                if (isset($this->rss_channel["ITEMS"]))  
                { 
                    if (count($this->rss_channel["ITEMS"]) > 0)  
                        for($i = 0;$i < count($this->rss_channel["ITEMS"]);$i++) $news[]=$this->rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]; 
                } 
                $c=0; 
                 
                foreach($news as $key=>$val) 
                { 
                    if($c<$this->nr_news) 
                    { 
                        $template->assign_block_vars($this->feedname, array( 
                        'LINK' => $val['LINK'], 
                        'TITLE' => $val['TITLE'], 
                        'DESC' => $val['DESCRIPTION']) 
                        ); 
                    } 
                    $c++; 
                } 
            } 
    function curl_string ($url,$user_agent='Mozilla 4.0'){ 

       $ch = curl_init(); 

       curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); 
       curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $user_agent); 
       curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0); 
       curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); 
       curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1); 
       curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 120); 
       $result = curl_exec ($ch); 
       curl_close($ch); 
       return $result; 
   
        } 
} 


?>
there are 2 more files that go with this:

rss_feedlist.php

PHP Code:
<?php

$feeds = array(
    'mtgbks'      => 'http://www.wizards.com/rss.asp?x=books',
    'mtgdnd'      => 'http://www.wizards.com/rss.asp?x=dnd',
    'mtgd20'      => 'http://www.wizards.com/rss.asp?x=d20modern',
    'mtgebr'      => 'http://www.wizards.com/rss.asp?x=eberron',
    'mtgfr'      => 'http://www.wizards.com/rss.asp?x=forgottenrealms',
    'mtgmtg'      => 'http://www.wizards.com/rss.asp?x=magic',
    'mtgswrpg' => 'http://www.wizards.com/rss.asp?x=starwars-rpg',
    );    
foreach ($feeds as $feed_name => $url) {
  $feed = new OnlyHellRssFeed($feed_name, $url);
    $feed->get_data($template);
    }

?>
and rss_feeds.html which is the output page.


if you could please look closley at this code and help with a rewrite for php 4 I would be gratly appreciative.
Thank you