$loc, 'lastmod' => $lastmod ?: date('Y-m-d'), 'changefreq' => $changefreq, 'priority' => $priority, ]; } // ── Static pages ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── // Paths match the live navigation. Broken root-level duplicates of the // service pages are deliberately excluded. $static = [ ['/', 'weekly', '1.0'], ['/about', 'monthly', '0.8'], ['/contact', 'monthly', '0.8'], ['/finance-discovery-call', 'monthly', '0.8'], ['/insights', 'weekly', '0.9'], ['/abl-fx', 'monthly', '0.7'], ['/services/business-finance', 'monthly', '0.9'], ['/services/property-finance', 'monthly', '0.9'], ['/services/acquisition-finance', 'monthly', '0.9'], ['/services/vat-funding', 'monthly', '0.8'], ]; foreach ($static as $s) { sm_add($urls, $base, $s[0], $s[1], $s[2]); } // ── Blog posts, case studies and guides ───────────────────────────────── try { $st = db()->query( "SELECT slug, published_date, updated_at, category FROM blog_posts WHERE status = 'published' AND slug <> '' ORDER BY published_date DESC" ); foreach ($st->fetchAll() as $post) { $lastmod = $post['updated_at'] ?: $post['published_date']; $lastmod = $lastmod ? date('Y-m-d', strtotime($lastmod)) : date('Y-m-d'); // Guides and case studies are cornerstone content, so rank them higher. $priority = ($post['category'] === 'guide' || $post['category'] === 'case_study') ? '0.8' : '0.6'; sm_add($urls, $base, '/insights/' . rawurlencode($post['slug']), 'monthly', $priority, $lastmod); } } catch (Throwable $e) { // A database problem must not produce a broken sitemap - skip these entries. } // ── Legal pages ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── try { $st = db()->query("SELECT slug, updated_at FROM legal_pages WHERE slug <> '' ORDER BY slug ASC"); foreach ($st->fetchAll() as $page) { $lastmod = !empty($page['updated_at']) ? date('Y-m-d', strtotime($page['updated_at'])) : date('Y-m-d'); sm_add($urls, $base, '/legal/' . rawurlencode($page['slug']), 'yearly', '0.3', $lastmod); } } catch (Throwable $e) { // Legal pages are optional - carry on without them. } // ── Output ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── echo '' . "\n"; ?>