PHP PECL_HTTP vs cURL Extension
curl, http, pecl, php
Solution
The PECL_HTTP extension has proven much simpler to use, almost cutting my code in half in some places. :)
Problem
I'm working on a PHP Client for CouchDB. While browsing through the php.net documentation regarding HTTP and cURL, I came across the PECL_HTTP Extension. At first glance, I think I would like to use this PECL extension instead of cURL because it's much simpler to use, and I'm not doing very complicated HTTP work anyways. Plus I always like trying new things, so I wouldn't mind getting my feet wet. As far as my question to the StackOverflow community: - Has anyone used both the PECL_HTTP and cURL extensions? - Does the PECL extension have any serious performance issues? - Is the PECL extension as user-friendly as it appears on the surface? - Is the tried-and-true cURL library still superior? Edit: As it turns out, the PECL_HTTP extension uses some of the cURL source code under the hood, so they aren't completely different beasts. Both are also compiled extensions to PHP.