[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:  new 
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  2.8 
Component:  HTTP          |     Version:  2.8 
 Severity:  major         |    Keywords:      
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Comment(by DarrenS):

 Replying to [comment:4 ryan]:
 > Are the functions curl_init() and curl_exec() defined by your host?
 Those must be available for WP to attempt to use curl.

 Since most hosts I have tried have allow_url_fopen disabled why not use
 cURL to handle all RSS feeds, that or at least give an option to switch
 between 2 methods in the dashboard.

 Currently every RSS feed in my dashboard results in an fopen error which
 makes the page look rather ugly, plus any plugin which depends on RSS
 (Twitter for example) automatically fails

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9861#comment:6>
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