Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 01/20/08 03:56

Manuel Lemos wrote:
> Hello,
>
> on 01/19/2008 06:52 PM Jerry Stuckle said the following:
>> I'm not going to argue with you about whether the HTTPClass is easier to
>> use or whatever.
>>
>> My single point was that cURL is more flexible. You can do anything
>> with cURL that you can with the HTTPClient class and more. That is
>> pretty obvious - because the HTTPClient class is built on cURL - so if
>> cURL can't do it, neither can the HTTPClient class.
>>
>> But being built on cURL, the HTTPClient class restricts what you can do.
>> So it is less flexible.
>
> No, that is not the way it works. I already explained that to you.
>
> The HTTP client class uses Curl when fsockopen calls cannot be used
> under the current PHP setup. Curl is used as a better than nothing solution.
>
> For instance before PHP 4.3.0 you can only make SSL request with curl.
> The class used curl for SSL requests, but of course, with curl it cannot
> not send or receive streamed data in small chunks that never exceed the
> PHP memory limits.
>
> If you want that flexibility you need to use PHP 4.3.0 or newer. Then
> the class will use fsockopen for SSL requests.
>
> In any case, the HTTP client class abstracts that for you. You do not
> need to adapt your application code depending on the PHP version, as the
> class does it for you.
>
> I developed the HTTP client class not just as a mere curl wrapper, but
> to actually add some benefits on top of curl/fsockopen. So, it was meant
> to add flexibility, not to remove it.
>
> That is why I questioned you about you flexibility statement. Maybe you
> tried an old version of the HTTP client class and you found some
> limitations that no longer exist. But if you still find it less
> flexible, I want to understand what you are talking about.
>
>
>

Manuel,

You are obviously not able to step back and take an objective look at
your classes. I have tried to discuss much of this with you previously,
but you have consistently argued about unrelated things.

I really don't feel like continuing this argument. Please let me know
when you can look at it objectively, and I will be happy to *discuss* it
with you.

I will continue to recommend cURL for the reasons I have outlined. The
difference is I have no relationship with cURL, other than as a user of
the library.

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