Feedburner not showing excerpt

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Hi Guys,

I am using this code to pull in a rssfeed from a blogspot website.


	<h2><?php _e('Recent news from Some-Other Blog:'); ?></h2>
<?php // Get RSS Feed(s)
include_once(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/feed.php');

// Get a SimplePie feed object from the specified feed source.
$rss = fetch_feed('http://feeds.feedburner.com/mysite');
if (!is_wp_error( $rss ) ) : // Checks that the object is created correctly
    // Figure out how many total items there are, but limit it to 5.
    $maxitems = $rss->get_item_quantity(5);

    // Build an array of all the items, starting with element 0 (first element).
    $rss_items = $rss->get_items(0, $maxitems);
endif;
?>

<ul>
    <?php if ($maxitems == 0) echo '<li>No items.</li>';
    else
    // Loop through each feed item and display each item as a hyperlink.
    foreach ( $rss_items as $item ) : ?>
    <li>
        <a href='<?php echo esc_url( $item->get_permalink() ); ?>'
        title='<?php echo 'Posted '.$item->get_date('j F Y | g:i a'); ?>'>
        <?php echo esc_html( $item->get_title() ); ?></a>
    </li>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

this pulls in the post titles only

is there a way i can also pull in an excerpt of the post and control how many characters are to be displayed within the excerpt

any tips/help will be appreciated

thanks :smiley: