HTTP Retriever (ssl, httpclient, openssl)

Name:	HTTP Retriever Support forum
Base name:	`httpretriever`
Description:	HTTP client to access Web servers
Related top rated classes:	ssl, httpclient, openssl
Version:	`-`
Required PHP version:	`-`
License:	GNU General Public License (GPL)
All time users:	3895 users
All time rank:	451
Week users:	12 users
Week rank:	567

	Author		Groups		Detailed description

	User ratings		Dependents		Applications		Files

Author

Name:	Helmut Daschnigrum `<e-mail contact>`
Published packages:	6 Browse this author's classes
Country:	Canada - PHP jobs in Canada
Home page:	`http://code.blitzaffe.com/`
Age:	???
All time rank:	115
Week rank:	81

Groups

	Networking	Networking protocols, clients and servers	View top rated classes
	HTTP	HTTP protocol clients, headers and cookies	View top rated classes

This class can be used to access Web servers using the HTTP protocol.

It supports:

- HTTP specification version 1.1
- Submit HTTP requests of method GET, POST or custom
- Access sites via SSL using PHP OpenSSL extension or CURL
- HTTP basic authentication
- Handle redirection automatically
- Cache retrieved pages for a given period
- Invoke callback functions during the connection progress

User ratings

Ratings	Utility	Consistency	Documentation	Examples	Tests	Videos	Overall	Rank
All time:	`Good (82.1%)`	`Good (80.4%)`	`Sufficient (73.2%)`	`Sufficient (75.0%)`	`-`	`-`	`Sufficient (63.9%)`	438
Month:	Not yet rated by the users

Packages that need this class

Class	Dependency	Why it is needed
Plottable Thumbnail Library	Optional	Used to retrieve remote files. Not needed if 'allow_url_fopen' is on or you have CURL extensions.
Score Scraper	Required	web page fetching
Wiki Parser	Required	Provides HTTP request functionality

Applications that use this class

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Files

File	Role	Description
`class_HTTPRetriever.php`	Class	Main HTTPRetriever class
`example.php`	Example	Example script
`LICENSE`	Lic.	License terms
`README`	Doc.	Documentation

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