[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #13915: WP_Http_Fopen is PHP4 only

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#13915: WP_Http_Fopen is PHP4 only
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 Reporter:  jacobsantos  |       Owner:  jacobsantos     
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  accepted        
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Future Release  
Component:  HTTP         |     Version:  3.0             
 Severity:  trivial      |    Keywords:  has-patch tested
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Comment(by jacobsantos):

 Replying to [comment:6 johnjamesjacoby]:
 > @jacobsantos, if you can explain how to duplicate the environment I'll
 gladly test it against BuddyPress and help if a fix is necessary.

 I still don't understand. This is a PHP4 environment, so you would simply
 install PHP4. The Streams will not be available. If you Install PHP5, then
 this class should never be used, the next fail over should be fsockopen.

 >
 > If I recall, this issue may have been almost (if not over) a year ago,
 so I'm a little fuzzy on the topic myself.

 That is unfortunate as I'm trying to figure out what the other guy means.
 If fopen doesn't exist, then I'm unsure how the HTTP API has anything to
 do with avatars and what not with BuddyPress and WPMU (which is part of WP
 now). There were problems with specific versions of fopen when cURL was
 installed and used, but that generally has no good fix.

 I'm to assume that either it has to do with the filesystem which is
 outside the scope of this ticket and also HTTP API. Or the problem was
 outside the scope of this class and API and is a PHP issue. Neither of
 which has anything to do with this ticket.

 Until more information is given, I can't really give a solution and
 therefore have to ignore it. As of right now, until more information is
 given, I believe it has nothing to do with this ticket or the patch, I
 would frankly rather it not be discussed further.

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