[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #9861: Use cURL for RSS

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#9861: Use cURL for RSS
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 Reporter:  DarrenS       |       Owner:  dd32    
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  2.8     
Component:  HTTP          |     Version:  2.8     
 Severity:  major         |    Keywords:          
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Comment(by dd32):

 Hm.. Byethost.. I've had huge problems with them in the past.

 According to that, All your requests should be going via cURL at present
 on your setup.

 The plugin updates component of that plugin doesnt work with 2.8 at
 present.

 You're not using any non-WP-core RSS plugins are you? As of 2.8, MagPie
 RSS has been deprecated (but still included) which uses Snoopy, which
 might use fopen(), Core uses SimplePie with the new HTTP Api, which should
 use the cURL transport.


 Does the fopen() errrors mention a filename/line number?

 (Side note: fopen() should've been disabled in that plugin, however, it
 seems that byethost may be disabling ini_get() which prevents WP from
 being able to check if any settings are disabled, such as allow_url_fopen)

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