Freshmeat project query class (project)

Name:	Freshmeat project query class Support forum
Base name:	`freshmeat`
Description:	Query project information in the Freshmeat site.
Related top rated classes:	project
Version:	`-`
Required PHP version:	`-`
License:	BSD License
All time users:	1102 users
All time rank:	2317
Week users:	1 user
Week rank:	3317

	Screenshots		Author		Groups		Detailed description		Freshmeat project

	User ratings		Dependencies		Applications		Related links		Files

Screenshots

Sample output page of a project query results.

File	Role	Description
`test_freshmeat.gif`	Screen	Sample output page of a project query results.

Author

Name:	Manuel Lemos `<e-mail contact>`
Published packages:	30 Browse this author's classes
Country:	Portugal - PHP jobs in Portugal
Home page:	`http://www.ManuelLemos.net/`
Age:	41
All time rank:	1
Week rank:	1

Groups

	XML	XML parsing and generation	View top rated classes
	Web services	Web data clipping, SOAP or XML-RPC clients and servers	View top rated classes

This class is able to query the Freshmeat site to retrieve information on Open Source projects with records there. It features:

- Retrieval of project information from records provided by Freshmeat in XML.
- Parsing project XML records to extract all the relevant data.
- Caches retrieved project information in disk files for at least the next day to avoid retrieving the same data again before it could have been updated.
- The information is obtained using an HTTP class with support for configuring an HTTP proxy and connection debugging generation.

Freshmeat project

Project record:	`freshmeatprojectquery`
Popularity score:	119.33
Vitality score:	10.9

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Packages needed by this class

Class	Dependency	Why it is needed
File cache class	Conditional	If it is used the cached Freshmeat project records query support, this class can avoid the overhead of processing previously queried projects
PHP HTTP protocol client	Required	Access the Freshmeat site with HTTP protocol
Generic XML parser class	Required	Parse the Freshmeat project XML records

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Files

File	Role	Description
`freshmeat.php`	Class	Freshmeat project query class
`test_freshmeat.php`	Example	Freshmeat project query test page script
`test_freshmeat_page.html`	Output	Example of output of the Freshmeat project query page script.

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