Understanding the Zend Framework, Part 4: When there is no feed, the Zend_HTTP_Client

Title: Understanding the Zend Framework, Part 4: When there is no feed, the Zend_HTTP_Client Category: Zend Http Clicks: 128 Listing added: Jan 3, 2007 PageRank: 4/10

Not all sites have feeds, but it's still useful to track everything in one place. This article shows how to use the Zend_HTTP_Client module to create a proxy to pull data into the feed-reader interface. In this article, you will learn: * How to use the Zend_HTTP_Client module to load Web-site data. * How to save the full text of feed entries and that of Web pages not supporting feeds. * How to read the full text of saved feed entries within the feed-reader interface. At the end of this article, you will have completed the framework of the feed-reader application. First, modify the database schema, then update the code to support the new schema. Next, add the functionality to save feed entry and Web pages to the database. Finally, use Zend_HTTP_Client to allow users to optionally save the entries to the database and view them in your updated online feed reader.

Zend Framework Version:	0.1.3
Author Name:	Tyler Anderson
Source:	IBM developerWorks blogs
Referred By:	Zend Framework Tutorials