function WebTestBase::curlInitialize

Initializes the cURL connection.

If the simpletest_httpauth_credentials variable is set, this function will add HTTP authentication headers. This is necessary for testing sites that are protected by login credentials from public access. See the description of $curl_options for other options.

1 call to WebTestBase::curlInitialize()
WebTestBase::curlExec in core/modules/simpletest/src/WebTestBase.php
Initializes and executes a cURL request.

File

core/modules/simpletest/src/WebTestBase.php, line 531

Class

WebTestBase
Test case for typical Drupal tests.

Namespace

Drupal\simpletest

Code

protected function curlInitialize() {
    global $base_url;
    if (!isset($this->curlHandle)) {
        $this->curlHandle = curl_init();
        // Some versions/configurations of cURL break on a NULL cookie jar, so
        // supply a real file.
        if (empty($this->cookieFile)) {
            $this->cookieFile = $this->publicFilesDirectory . '/cookie.jar';
        }
        $curl_options = [
            CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR => $this->cookieFile,
            CURLOPT_URL => $base_url,
            CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => FALSE,
            CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => TRUE,
            // Required to make the tests run on HTTPS.
CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => FALSE,
            // Required to make the tests run on HTTPS.
CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => FALSE,
            CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION => [
                &$this,
                'curlHeaderCallback',
            ],
            CURLOPT_USERAGENT => $this->databasePrefix,
            // Disable support for the @ prefix for uploading files.
CURLOPT_SAFE_UPLOAD => TRUE,
        ];
        if (isset($this->httpAuthCredentials)) {
            $curl_options[CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH] = $this->httpAuthMethod;
            $curl_options[CURLOPT_USERPWD] = $this->httpAuthCredentials;
        }
        // curl_setopt_array() returns FALSE if any of the specified options
        // cannot be set, and stops processing any further options.
        $result = curl_setopt_array($this->curlHandle, $this->additionalCurlOptions + $curl_options);
        if (!$result) {
            throw new \UnexpectedValueException('One or more cURL options could not be set.');
        }
    }
    // We set the user agent header on each request so as to use the current
    // time and a new uniqid.
    curl_setopt($this->curlHandle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, drupal_generate_test_ua($this->databasePrefix));
}

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