fetch_feed( mixed $url )

function fetch_feed( $url ) {
	if ( ! class_exists( 'SimplePie', false ) ) {
		require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-simplepie.php' );
	}

	require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-feed-cache.php' );
	require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-feed-cache-transient.php' );
	require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-simplepie-file.php' );
	require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-simplepie-sanitize-kses.php' );

	$feed = new SimplePie();

	$feed->set_sanitize_class( 'WP_SimplePie_Sanitize_KSES' );
	// We must manually overwrite $feed->sanitize because SimplePie's
	// constructor sets it before we have a chance to set the sanitization class
	$feed->sanitize = new WP_SimplePie_Sanitize_KSES();

	$feed->set_cache_class( 'WP_Feed_Cache' );
	$feed->set_file_class( 'WP_SimplePie_File' );

	$feed->set_feed_url( $url );
	/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/class-wp-feed-cache-transient.php */
	$feed->set_cache_duration( apply_filters( 'wp_feed_cache_transient_lifetime', 12 * HOUR_IN_SECONDS, $url ) );
	/**
	 * Fires just before processing the SimplePie feed object.
	 *
	 * @since WP-3.0.0
	 *
	 * @param object $feed SimplePie feed object (passed by reference).
	 * @param mixed  $url  URL of feed to retrieve. If an array of URLs, the feeds are merged.
	 */
	do_action_ref_array( 'wp_feed_options', array( &$feed, $url ) );
	$feed->init();
	$feed->set_output_encoding( get_option( 'blog_charset' ) );

	if ( $feed->error() )
		return new WP_Error( 'simplepie-error', $feed->error() );

	return $feed;
}