After looking over the current PHP Akismet API classes (http://askimet.com) I couldn't help but notice they all used fopen() to talk with akismet. Which besides being slow is also disabled on some hosts that have "safe mode" on. This class solves that problem by using the fast CURL php extension (http://php.net/curl) available on most web hosts.

This class is part of the http://codexplorer.com framework, and like many parts of CX - it works great on it's own!

This class is also the smallest and easiest Akismet Class I have ever seen. ;)

Requirements:

• PHP 5
• Curl extension

Known hosts with PHP5:

• mediatemple
• 1and1
• godaddy
• dreamhost

more at http://gophp5.org

Questions and suggestions can be sent to David of/at Xeoncross.com