function get_feed_items()
{
// go through all the feed urls
$items = array();
$feeds = ORM::for_table('feeds')->find_many();
foreach ($feeds as $feed_loc) {
$feed = new SimplePie();
$feed->set_feed_url($feed_loc->location);
$feed->set_cache_location("mysql://" . DB_USER . ":" . DB_PASS . "@" . DB_HOST . ":3306/" . DB_NAME);
$feed->set_item_class('MyItemClass');
$feed->init();
$feed->handle_content_type();
$items = array_merge($items, $feed->get_items());
}
return $items;
}