[theme-reviewers] XML2Array

[Chip Bennett]

Okay, so good to know that my paranoia was well-placed, in this case!

And the Theme failed, spectacularly.

Chip

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

> For reference, that's an hacked up XML parser, sort of thing. It's
> homegrown, comes from some kind of homemade RSS parser. Probably
> copied and pasted from who knows where...
>
> Anyway, he's using it to parse the results of a GET on this:
> http://www.footerpower.com/footer-admin/admin/xml_file/beach%20vacation.xml
>
> And that builds the spam links in the footer.
>
> Spam aside, I'd say to reject any theme that contained an XML parser
> or RSS parser. WordPress has SimplePie built in for that sort of
> thing. Also with the old deprecated Snoopy and Magpie stuff (which you
> really shouldn't use anymore.. SimplePie is much nicer, really).
>
> -Otto
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
> wrote:
> > See here.
> > Does this have any need for existing in a WordPress Theme?
> > What XML needs to be parsed into a string for manipulation within a
> Theme?
> > Or am I being overly paranoid again, due to ignorance of what this is
> used
> > for?
> > Chip
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