/**
* Perform a "slim" fetch of a feed from remote.
* Differently from Utils::fetch(), it doesn't retrieve items nor a favicon
*
* @param url remote url of the feed
* @returns an instance of OC_News_Feed
*/
public static function slimFetch($url)
{
$spfeed = new \SimplePie_Core();
$spfeed->set_feed_url($url);
$spfeed->enable_cache(false);
$spfeed->set_stupidly_fast(true);
if (!$spfeed->init()) {
return null;
}
//temporary try-catch to bypass SimplePie bugs
try {
$title = $spfeed->get_title();
$feed = new Feed($url, $title);
return $feed;
} catch (Exception $e) {
return null;
}
}
