[wp-hackers] Re: Preferred method of fetching remote webpage?

[Rob Miller]

David Chait wrote:
> No, it's obvious he just strips the headers.
>
> I too wrote my own retrieval library -- underlying CG-FeedRead and CG-Amazon 
> (and upcoming projects...) -- targeting quick XML fetches.  And yes, I dealt 
> with the various redirect and other header codes.  After using built-in PHP 
> stuff for a while, that then broke on some hosts, then trying one or two 
> libraries, which didn't always work, I wrote my own -- just easier at that 
> point. ;)
>
> If you're only concerned with WP, definitely use WP facilities.  I've 
> written general-purpose solutions, thus didn't want to 'rely' on a given 
> platform's includes. :)
>
> -d
>
>   
But Snoopy is standalone, incredibly stable, flexible and supports 
anything you throw at it, plus it's included with WP... why reinvent the 
wheel with something that's likely to be inferior?

-- 
Rob Miller
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