In response to my comment here, I did some more experimentation with pecl_http. Turns out version 2.1.4 looks relatively stable. Just be sure not to make the

In response to my comment here, I did some more experimentation with pecl_http. Turns out version 2.1.4 looks relatively stable. Just be sure not to make the same mistake I made of referring to the documentation on the php.net website. Instead one should look here for version 2.x documentation: http://devel-m6w6.rhcloud.com/mdref/http/ http://devel-m6w6.rhcloud.com/mdref/http/