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By mtdowling:

I agree that a Doctrine specific adapter should be utilized. I don't think Doctrine should create a custom HTTP client, nor is it necessary to create some global PHP initiative for a uniform HTTP interface.

Another very feature-complete HTTP client that is actively maintained and sponsored by a mutli-million dollar company is Guzzle: https://github.com/guzzle/guzzle : http://www.guzzlephp.org/

If Doctrine would ever have adapters for SimpleDB, Solr, etc, then a rich HTTP client might be a good idea.

-Michael