The “Curl” class provides methods for making HTTP requests with support for caching, redirects, cookies, and various HTTP methods.

Call

Curl::call(string $method, string $url, $data = '', array $headers = [], array $options = []): array

Make an HTTP request. The $data parameter can be either an array (for form data) or a string (for raw POST).

Returns an array with status, headers, data, and url.

Example:

$result = Curl::call('GET', 'http://www.bing.com/search', ['q' => $query]);
echo "Status: " . $result['status'];
echo "Body: " . $result['data'];
print_r($result['headers']);

POST request example:

$result = Curl::call('POST', 'https://api.example.com/users', [
  'name' => 'John Doe',
  'email' => 'john@example.com'
], [
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer token123'
]);

Curl::navigate(string $method, string $url, $data = '', array $headers = [], array $options = []): array

Make an HTTP request with automatic redirects. Follows redirects and returns the final URL in the response.

Returns an array with status, headers, data, and url.

Example:

$result = Curl::navigate('GET', 'http://www.bing.com/search', ['q' => $query]);
echo "Final URL: " . $result['url'];
echo "Content: " . $result['data'];

Call Cached

Curl::callCached(int $expire, string $method, string $url, mixed $data, array $headers = [], array $options = []): array

Make a cached HTTP request. The response is cached for the specified number of seconds.

Example:

// Cache for 1 hour
$result = Curl::callCached(3600, 'GET', 'https://api.example.com/data', ['id' => 123]);

Curl::navigateCached(int $expire, string $method, string $url, mixed $data, array $headers = [], array $options = []): array

Make a cached HTTP request with automatic redirects. The response is cached for the specified number of seconds.

Example:

// Cache for 30 minutes
$result = Curl::navigateCached(1800, 'GET', 'https://example.com/redirect', []);
echo "Final URL: " . $result['url'];