source: trunk/www.guidonia.net/wp/wp-content/plugins/tubepress/classes/org/tubepress/gdata/retrieval/ConnectionTest.php@ 44

<?php
/**
 * Copyright 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Eric D. Hough (http://ehough.com)
 * 
 * This file is part of TubePress (http://tubepress.org)
 * 
 * TubePress is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * TubePress is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with TubePress.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 */

/**
 * This bit of code simply tests your connection to YouTube
 */

function_exists('tubepress_load_classes')
    || require(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../../../tubepress_classloader.php');
tubepress_load_classes(array('net_php_pear_Net_URL2',
    'net_php_pear_HTTP_Request2',
    'net_php_pear_HTTP_Request2_Adapter_Socket'));

print "You should see YouTube's homepage load below...<br /><br />";
tubepress_run_connection_test("http://www.youtube.com");
print "Now you should see a bunch of XML below...<br /><br />";
tubepress_run_connection_test("http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/standardfeeds/top_rated", true);


function tubepress_run_connection_test($url, $escape = false) {
    
    $request = new net_php_pear_Net_URL2($url);
    $req = new net_php_pear_HTTP_Request2($request);
    $req->setAdapter(new net_php_pear_HTTP_Request2_Adapter_Socket());

    $response = $req->send();
    $data = $response->getBody();
    
    if ($escape) {
        $data = htmlentities($data);
    }
    print_r($data);
}

?>