PHP Proxy Support

Hello Good People, I am not sure if the feature exists, but would not it be a good idea if the proxy configurations for php can be globally set - say for example in the php.ini , .... having a global proxy configuration will allow php scripts to access external resources from within a firewall ..... A good use case might be - I write a CMS that syndicates RSS feeds from the internet but is itself located in a intranet behind a http:// proxy... as of now, I manually do it in my code for every script - so it makes by job easier if there is a global config set up some where? Similarly, it would be also good to have proxy support for https, ftp, ... etc Any workarounds and suggestions are welcome :) Cheers! - vedanta -- *~:~*~:~*~:~*~:~*~:~*~:~*~:~*~:~*~:~*~:~* Vedanta Barooah