WP_Http::_dispatch_request() private WP 3.2.0

Dispatches a HTTP request to a supporting transport.

Tests each transport in order to find a transport which matches the request arguments. Also caches the transport instance to be used later.

The order for requests is cURL, and then PHP Streams.

{} It's a method of the class: WP_Http{}

Return

Array|WP_Error. Array containing 'headers', 'body', 'response', 'cookies', 'filename'. A WP_Error instance upon error.

Usage

// private - for code of main (parent) class only
$result = $this->_dispatch_request( $url, $args );

$url(string) (required)

URL to request.

$args(array) (required)

Request arguments.

Notes

• See: WP_Http::request()

Changelog

Code of WP_Http::_dispatch_request() WP Http:: dispatch request ^{WP 5.7}

<?php
private function _dispatch_request( $url, $args ) {
	static $transports = array();

	$class = $this->_get_first_available_transport( $args, $url );
	if ( ! $class ) {
		return new WP_Error( 'http_failure', __( 'There are no HTTP transports available which can complete the requested request.' ) );
	}

	// Transport claims to support request, instantiate it and give it a whirl.
	if ( empty( $transports[ $class ] ) ) {
		$transports[ $class ] = new $class;
	}

	$response = $transports[ $class ]->request( $url, $args );

	/** This action is documented in wp-includes/class-http.php */
	do_action( 'http_api_debug', $response, 'response', $class, $args, $url );

	if ( is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
		return $response;
	}

	/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/class-http.php */
	return apply_filters( 'http_response', $response, $args, $url );
}