[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #36669: Update SimplePie to Latest Version and possibly include PHP-MF2

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#36669: Update SimplePie to Latest Version and possibly include PHP-MF2
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 Reporter:  dshanske            |       Owner:  rmccue
     Type:  enhancement         |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal              |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  External Libraries  |     Version:  4.6
 Severity:  normal              |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch           |     Focuses:
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Comment (by etruel):

 Hi all, someone recommended me to tell the following here.  I'll try to
 say some different behaviours that we have in our plugin WPeMatico by
 reading different feeds.

 I can't give too much technical details, but we're attending so much
 tickets of lot of users with problems using the Simplepie 1.3.1 included
 in WordPress that we solved just by using the new version 1.5 or newer.

 Almost all the new things we found in the 1.5 version (already to download
 in simplepie.org) was related with fixed issues and improvements.
 (https://github.com/simplepie/simplepie/releases)

 Using 1.3.1 included in WP, some of the feeds with problem are solved with
 force_feed and others by changing to a known User-agent.  (But in 1.5
 works by default)

 There are feeds giving different errors in 1.3.1 than 1.5.  And some of
 them work well in 1.5 and not in 1.3 (1.3 tried with and without
 force_feed)

 For example http://thenationonlineng.net/feed/
 Works well with 1.5.

 > 1.3.1 = ERROR: The feed http://thenationonlineng.net/feed/ cannot be
 parsed. Simplepie said: This XML document is invalid, likely due to
 invalid characters. XML error: Reserved XML Name at line 2, column 38


 Many errors that produce notices like examples below are fixed easily by
 using the new 1.5:

 > ERROR: Feed https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/feed could not be parsed.
 (SimplePie said: A feed could not be found at
 https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/feed. A feed with an invalid mime type may
 fall victim to this error, or SimplePie was unable to auto-discover it..
 Use force_feed() if you are certain this URL is a real feed.)

 > ERROR: Feed
 https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCCWYNcRdRteOF3wIRVeaJZQ
 could not be parsed. (SimplePie said: cURL error 60: SSL certificate
 problem: unable to get local issuer certificate)



 Hope this helps.

 cheers

 etruel

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