# Targeting problem?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-problem/289997>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [June 8, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-problem/289997 "2009-06-08T13:51:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-problem/289997/1 "2009-06-08T13:51:16Z")

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I’m trying to gain access to my google calendar’s XML feed but am having problems.

The address it gives you for the feed is ‘[http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/ceidobeatbox%40googlemail.com/public/basic](http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/ceidobeatbox%40googlemail.com/public/basic)’ which isn’t an XML file, although it still ‘works’ as a feed if you put that address into your browser.

Why does my browser recognise it as a feed but when I try with PHP it doesn’t recognise it?

What I’m eventually trying to do is get the xml data into Flash using as3, but as I’ve recently found out, there isn’t a way to do it other than using a server-side language to ‘pass’ the data on to it. Hence my current situation.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.