function SimpleRss($sUrl, $vCacheTime = 300, $iNumItems = -1, $sInputEncoding = '', $sOutputEncoding = 'UTF-8')
 {
     $this->oRssObject = new RssObject();
     // this object holds the returned data
     $this->iNumItems = $iNumItems;
     $this->sInputEncoding = $sInputEncoding;
     $this->sOutputEncoding = $sOutputEncoding;
     // make sure caching hasn't been disabled
     if ($vCacheTime) {
         $oCache = new PhpCache($sUrl . '_' . $this->iNumItems, $vCacheTime);
     }
     // is caching disabled or if not has the cache expired
     if (!$vCacheTime || !$oCache->Check()) {
         $oHttp = new Http();
         // request feed
         if ($sData = $oHttp->Get($sUrl)) {
             $this->bSuccessful = $this->Parse($sData);
             // do we want to cache result
             if ($vCacheTime) {
                 $oCache->Set($this->oRssObject);
             }
         }
     } else {
         // get data from cache
         $this->oRssObject = $oCache->Get();
         $this->bSuccessful = true;
         $this->bCached = true;
     }
     // check to see if request was successful, if not try and retrieve stale cache
     if (!$this->bSuccessful && $vCacheTime && $oCache->Exists()) {
         // make cache fresh
         $oCache->ReValidate();
         // get data from cache
         $this->oRssObject = $oCache->Get();
         $this->bSuccessful = true;
         $this->bCached = true;
         // mark as stale request
         $this->bStaleCache = true;
     }
 }