I was notified earlier by my fellow Zend Framework contributor, Jurriën Stutterheim, that Zend_Feed_Reader has been approved for further development in the Standard Incubator. We’re going to target a rapid fire ZF 1.8 release assuming all goes as planned. Murphy’s Law not withstanding :) .

To recap – Zend_Feed_Reader is a wholesale replacement for Zend_Feed (the parts of it relating to reading RSS/Atom). It’s goals are to offer a consistent unified interface, regardless of feed type or version (yes, even RSS 1.0), which can intelligently interpret feed data and select alternative data points for missing data. I can preach for a long time why this is needed, but the proposal is the best source since it expands on expected features and explains why this is needed more clearly than a short summary here can:

Zend_Feed_Reader – Pádraic Brady & Jurriën Stutterheim

Thanks especially to Jurriën who stepped in to partner with me on this proposal, and who kept it alive during my protracted absences over the Summer!

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  2. Zend_Feed: Getting Started With Aggregating RSS/Atom Content
  3. Refactoring an OpenID Library
  4. Complex Views with the Zend Framework – Part 2: View Helper Pattern
  5. Zend Framework 1.5 And What The Future Holds