Curl::request( string|WpOrgRequestsTransportStringable $url, array $headers = array(), string|array $data = array(), array $options = array() )

Perform a request


Parameters

$url

(Required) URL to request

$headers

(Optional) Associative array of request headers

Default value: array()

$data

(Optional) Data to send either as the POST body, or as parameters in the URL for a GET/HEAD

Default value: array()

$options

(Optional) Request options, see WpOrgRequestsRequests::response() for documentation

Default value: array()


Return

(string) Raw HTTP result


Source

File: wp-includes/Requests/src/Transport/Curl.php

	public function request($url, $headers = [], $data = [], $options = []) {
		if (InputValidator::is_string_or_stringable($url) === false) {
			throw InvalidArgument::create(1, '$url', 'string|Stringable', gettype($url));
		}

		if (is_array($headers) === false) {
			throw InvalidArgument::create(2, '$headers', 'array', gettype($headers));
		}

		if (!is_array($data) && !is_string($data)) {
			if ($data === null) {
				$data = '';
			} else {
				throw InvalidArgument::create(3, '$data', 'array|string', gettype($data));
			}
		}

		if (is_array($options) === false) {
			throw InvalidArgument::create(4, '$options', 'array', gettype($options));
		}

		$this->hooks = $options['hooks'];

		$this->setup_handle($url, $headers, $data, $options);

		$options['hooks']->dispatch('curl.before_send', [&$this->handle]);

		if ($options['filename'] !== false) {
			// phpcs:ignore WordPress.PHP.NoSilencedErrors -- Silenced the PHP native warning in favour of throwing an exception.
			$this->stream_handle = @fopen($options['filename'], 'wb');
			if ($this->stream_handle === false) {
				$error = error_get_last();
				throw new Exception($error['message'], 'fopen');
			}
		}

		$this->response_data       = '';
		$this->response_bytes      = 0;
		$this->response_byte_limit = false;
		if ($options['max_bytes'] !== false) {
			$this->response_byte_limit = $options['max_bytes'];
		}

		if (isset($options['verify'])) {
			if ($options['verify'] === false) {
				curl_setopt($this->handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
				curl_setopt($this->handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
			} elseif (is_string($options['verify'])) {
				curl_setopt($this->handle, CURLOPT_CAINFO, $options['verify']);
			}
		}

		if (isset($options['verifyname']) && $options['verifyname'] === false) {
			curl_setopt($this->handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
		}

		curl_exec($this->handle);
		$response = $this->response_data;

		$options['hooks']->dispatch('curl.after_send', []);

		if (curl_errno($this->handle) === CURLE_WRITE_ERROR || curl_errno($this->handle) === CURLE_BAD_CONTENT_ENCODING) {
			// Reset encoding and try again
			curl_setopt($this->handle, CURLOPT_ENCODING, 'none');

			$this->response_data  = '';
			$this->response_bytes = 0;
			curl_exec($this->handle);
			$response = $this->response_data;
		}

		$this->process_response($response, $options);

		// Need to remove the $this reference from the curl handle.
		// Otherwise \WpOrg\Requests\Transport\Curl won't be garbage collected and the curl_close() will never be called.
		curl_setopt($this->handle, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, null);
		curl_setopt($this->handle, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, null);

		return $this->headers;
	}