PHP create posts from xml feed

php-create-posts-from-xml-feed-using-curl.php

<?php
$feed_url = 'https://batchaws.adcourier.com/panel/?q=U2FsdGVkX19JpL80ZgsoSN4F3N3Ut1LGKwgX7VVH7q4RgdsLDocx-3L9VEoNT8WW';
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $feed_url);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
$xml = curl_exec($ch);
$jobs_feed = simplexml_load_string($xml);

php-create-posts-from-xml-feed.php

<?php
$feed_url = 'https://batchaws.adcourier.com/panel/?q=U2FsdGVkX19JpL80ZgsoSN4F3N3Ut1LGKwgX7VVH7q4RgdsLDocx-3L9VEoNT8WW';
$jobs_feed = simplexml_load_file($feed_url);

if( !$jobs_feed ) return;

$xml_feed_job_names = array();

// Convert to array for reorder
$jobs_array = array();
foreach( $jobs_feed as $job ) {
	array_push($jobs_array, $job);
	array_push($xml_feed_job_names, wp_strip_all_tags( (string)$job->job_title ) );
}

// Check if job posts is in xml feed
// Remove existing posts if not in feed
$job_posts_query = get_posts(array(
	'post_type' => 'job',
	'showposts' => -1,
));
if( $job_posts_query ) {
	foreach( $job_posts_query as $job ) {
		if( !in_array( $job->post_title, $xml_feed_job_names ) ) {
			// Job post not in xml feed, delete post
			wp_delete_post( $job->ID );
		}
	}
}

$jobs_array_reversed = array_reverse($jobs_array);

// Scan from bottom to top, for correct date posted order
foreach( $jobs_array_reversed as $job ) {
	
	$job_name = wp_strip_all_tags( (string)$job->job_title );
	$job_exists = get_page_by_title($job_name, OBJECT, 'job');

	if( !$job_exists ) {
		// Create post
		$post_args = array(
			'post_type'		=> 'job',
			'post_title'	=> $job_name,
			'post_content' => (string)$job->job_description,
			'post_status'	=> 'publish',
		);

		$job_date = false;
		if( $job->posted_epoch ) {
			$timestamp = (int)$job->posted_epoch;
			$job_date = date('F d, Y', $timestamp);
			$post_publish_format = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $timestamp);
			$post_args['post_date'] = $post_publish_format;
		}

		$post_id = wp_insert_post( $post_args );
		if( $post_id ){
			$update_metas = array();
			if( $job->unique_reference ) $update_metas['unique_reference'] = (string)$job->unique_reference;
			if( $job->job_reference ) $update_metas['job_number'] = (string)$job->job_reference;
			if( $job->job_summary ) $update_metas['summary'] = (string)$job->job_summary;
			if( $job->application_url ) $update_metas['application_url'] = (string)$job->application_url;
			if( $job->location_place ) $update_metas['location'] = (string)$job->location_place;
			if( $job->job_type ) $update_metas['work_type'] = (string)$job->job_type;
			if( $job_date ) {
				$update_metas['date_posted'] = $job_date;
			}
			// Update post meta
			foreach( $update_metas as $k => $v ) {
				update_post_meta( $post_id, $k, $v );
			}
			// Update post terms
			if( $job->category ) {
				ff_set_post_term( $post_id, (string)$job->category, 'job_cat' );
			}
			if( $job->location_state ) {
				ff_set_post_term( $post_id, (string)$job->location_state, 'state' );
			}

		}
	}
}