How can PHP regex functions be utilized to filter and process news entries from a source code in the context of generating an RSS feed?

To filter and process news entries from a source code in the context of generating an RSS feed using PHP regex functions, you can use preg_match_all to extract specific information such as titles, descriptions, and URLs from the source code. By defining patterns with regular expressions, you can target the relevant data and structure it accordingly for inclusion in the RSS feed. 

// Sample code to extract news entries from a source code using PHP regex functions
$source_code = file_get_contents('news_source.html');

$pattern = '/<h2>(.*?)<\/h2>.*?<p>(.*?)<\/p>.*?<a href="(.*?)"/s';
preg_match_all($pattern, $source_code, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER);

foreach ($matches as $match) {
    $title = $match[1];
    $description = $match[2];
    $url = $match[3];

    // Process and structure the data for inclusion in the RSS feed
    // For example, create an RSS item with $title, $description, $url
}

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