GsgXml - An XML generator for Google Sitemaps

GsgXml is an open-source class written in PHP used to easily create XML files compatible with the Google Sitemaps service.

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The class is very simple to use. View the PHP source below for a basic guide:

Allows a base domain to be specified, which does 2 things:
- Gives the ability to add URLs that don't contain the domain
- Ensures that URL with the full domain match the base URL as this is a requirement of Google Sitemaps
Wide range of output options, which allows for easy output:
- Can optionally compress the data with GZIP
- Can output HTTP headers accordingly
- Or just output the raw compressed or uncompressed data so you can pipe to a filesystem file
Easily customizable for future changes to Google Sitemaps specification

Here are future features to be included in GsgXml:

Support for 'sitemapindex' - This is an additional XML schema for grouping multiple sitemap files
Porting to other languages - It would be nice to port this class to other languages, such as Perl, Python and ColdFusion.
Config file for auto-generation - This has two parts:
1. Store a list of URLs in a text file which would be parsed by the class to generate the sitemap
2. A config file to crawls all files in specified dir(s), as well as options for ignoring or including only certain filytypes

Perhaps you'd like to suggest a feature? Email us using the below address.

The class is very basic to use - you're best of looking at the same usage guide and reading the API documentation in the PHP class.

All questions/suggestions/comments can be directed to gsg@zervaas.com.au.