curl lib

curl.php

<?php

/**
 * Curl Helper
 * @author Jigar Vyas
 */
class Curl {

    private $ch = null;
    private $result = null;
    private $params = null;

    public function __construct($params = null) {

        $this->ch = curl_init();
        $this->params = $params;

        if (!empty($this->params['follow_location'])) {
            curl_setopt($this->ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, $this->params['follow_location']);
        }
        if (!empty($this->params['return_transfer'])) {
            curl_setopt($this->ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, $this->params['return_transfer']);
        } else {
            curl_setopt($this->ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
        }
        /*
          if (!strpos($this->params['url'], "https")) {
          curl_setopt($this->ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
          curl_setopt($this->ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
          }
         */
    }

    public function get($url) {
        curl_setopt($this->ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
        return $this->_result();
    }

    public function post($params) {
        curl_setopt($this->ch, CURLOPT_URL, $params['url']);
        curl_setopt($this->ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
        curl_setopt($this->ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $params['fields_data']);
        return $this->_result();
    }

    public function put() {
        $put_string = stripslashes($this->params['fields_data']);
//                echo "Path: ".sys_get_temp_dir()."\n";
        $put_data = tmpfile();
//                echo "PUT DATA: "; var_dump($put_data);
        fwrite($put_data, $put_string);
        fseek($put_data, 0);
        curl_setopt($this->ch, CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER, true);
        curl_setopt($this->ch, CURLOPT_PUT, true);
        curl_setopt($this->ch, CURLOPT_INFILE, $put_data);
        curl_setopt($this->ch, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, strlen($put_string));
        fclose($put_data);

        return $this->_result();
    }

    private function _result() {
        $this->result = curl_exec($this->ch);
        return $this->result;
    }

    public function __destruct() {
        curl_close($this->ch);
    }

}

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