SimplePie::force_fsockopen PHP Method

    public function force_fsockopen($enable = false)
    {
        $this->force_fsockopen = (bool) $enable;
    }

 /**
  * _createSimplePie
  *
  * @param   string  &$feed  Params
  *
  * @return	object
  */
 private function _createSimplePie(&$feed)
 {
     include_once JPATH_AUTOTWEET . '/libs/SimplePie_autoloader.php';
     // Process the feed with SimplePie
     $simplePie = new SimplePie();
     $simplePie->set_feed_url($feed->xtform->get('url'));
     $simplePie->set_stupidly_fast(true);
     $simplePie->enable_order_by_date(true);
     if ($feed->xtform->get('encoding', 'utf-8')) {
         $simplePie->set_input_encoding($feed->xtform->get('encoding'));
     }
     if ($feed->xtform->get('force_fsockopen')) {
         $simplePie->force_fsockopen(true);
     }
     $use_sp_cache = EParameter::getComponentParam(CAUTOTWEETNG, 'use_sp_cache', true);
     if ($use_sp_cache && is_writable(JPATH_CACHE)) {
         $simplePie->set_cache_location(JPATH_CACHE);
         $simplePie->enable_cache(true);
     } else {
         $simplePie->enable_cache(false);
     }
     $set_sp_timeout = EParameter::getComponentParam(CAUTOTWEETNG, 'set_sp_timeout', 10);
     if ($set_sp_timeout) {
         $simplePie->set_timeout((int) $set_sp_timeout);
     }
     $simplePie->init();
     return $simplePie;
 }