open source PHP5-compatible library to parse RSS/Atom

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As the title of my question says, I am looking for a library to parse RSS/Atom feeds that is compatible with and exploits the features of PHP 5. As far as I know, both simplepie and magpie are compatible only with PHP4.

This is related to: Best way to parse RSS/Atom feeds with PHP. In that question, though, the OP doesn't impose the constraint for the library to be PHP 5 compatible.

Thanks!

@MetalFrog: I thought that would imply rewriting too much code — Alessandro Cosentino, Feb 24 '12 at 15:31

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 24 '12 at 14:55

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Look again at new versions of simplepie, its easy to use, oo and has been around since dirt. I use it and my sites are 5.3

answered Feb 24 '12 at 14:55

Ray

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Thanks! Do you know of any cons of using a library that is not PHP5-compatible? – Alessandro Cosentino Feb 24 '12 at 15:32

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 24 '12 at 18:36

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SimplePie is PHP-5 compatible. It's PHP 4 compatibility is backwards-compatibility. In other words, if you're stuck with an old PHP 4 installation, you can still use SimplePie.

In addition, last time I looked, SimplePie will use more efficient PHP-5 methods if they are available and only fallback to PHP-4 compatibility when necessary.

answered Feb 24 '12 at 18:36

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Ok. It seems that SimplePie is my choice then. Thanks for your answer, I was wondering exactly whether SimplePie uses PHP-5 methods when available – Alessandro Cosentino Feb 24 '12 at 19:33

open source PHP5-compatible library to parse RSS/Atom

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