Changes in trunk/wp-includes/class-http.php [18254:17282]

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• trunk/wp-includes/class-http.php (modified) (32 diffs)

trunk/wp-includes/class-http.php

@@ -28 +28 @@
  * Debugging includes several actions, which pass different variables for debugging the HTTP API.
  *
+ * <strong>http_transport_get_debug</strong> - gives working, nonblocking, and blocking transports.
+ *
+ * <strong>http_transport_post_debug</strong> - gives working, nonblocking, and blocking transports.
+ *
  * @package WordPress
  * @subpackage HTTP
@@ -33 +37 @@
  */
 class WP_Http {
+
+    /**
+     * PHP4 style Constructor - Calls PHP5 Style Constructor
+     *
+     * @since 2.7.0
+     * @return WP_Http
+     */
+    function WP_Http() {
+        $this->__construct();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * PHP5 style Constructor - Set up available transport if not available.
+     *
+     * PHP4 does not have the 'self' keyword and since WordPress supports PHP4, the class needs to
+     * be used for the static call. The transport are set up to save time and will only be created
+     * once. This class can be created many times without having to go through the step of finding
+     * which transports are available.
+     *
+     * @since 2.7.0
+     * @return WP_Http
+     */
+    function __construct() {
+        WP_Http::_getTransport();
+        WP_Http::_postTransport();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the WordPress HTTP objects for an object to use and returns it.
+     *
+     * Tests all of the objects and returns the object that passes. Also caches that object to be
+     * used later.
+     *
+     * The order for the GET/HEAD requests are HTTP Extension, cURL, Streams, Fopen, and finally
+     * Fsockopen. fsockopen() is used last, because it has the most overhead in its implementation.
+     * There isn't any real way around it, since redirects have to be supported, much the same way
+     * the other transports also handle redirects.
+     *
+     * There are currently issues with "localhost" not resolving correctly with DNS. This may cause
+     * an error "failed to open stream: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did
+     * not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because [the]
+     * connected host has failed to respond."
+     *
+     * @since 2.7.0
+     * @access private
+     *
+     * @param array $args Request args, default us an empty array
+     * @return object|null Null if no transports are available, HTTP transport object.
+     */
+    function &_getTransport( $args = array() ) {
+        static $working_transport, $blocking_transport, $nonblocking_transport;
+
+        if ( is_null($working_transport) ) {
+            if ( true === WP_Http_ExtHttp::test($args) ) {
+                $working_transport['exthttp'] = new WP_Http_ExtHttp();
+                $blocking_transport[] = &$working_transport['exthttp'];
+            } else if ( true === WP_Http_Curl::test($args) ) {
+                $working_transport['curl'] = new WP_Http_Curl();
+                $blocking_transport[] = &$working_transport['curl'];
+            } else if ( true === WP_Http_Streams::test($args) ) {
+                $working_transport['streams'] = new WP_Http_Streams();
+                $blocking_transport[] = &$working_transport['streams'];
+            } else if ( true === WP_Http_Fopen::test($args) ) {
+                $working_transport['fopen'] = new WP_Http_Fopen();
+                $blocking_transport[] = &$working_transport['fopen'];
+            } else if ( true === WP_Http_Fsockopen::test($args) ) {
+                $working_transport['fsockopen'] = new WP_Http_Fsockopen();
+                $blocking_transport[] = &$working_transport['fsockopen'];
+            }
+
+            foreach ( array('curl', 'streams', 'fopen', 'fsockopen', 'exthttp') as $transport ) {
+                if ( isset($working_transport[$transport]) )
+                    $nonblocking_transport[] = &$working_transport[$transport];
+            }
+        }
+
+        do_action( 'http_transport_get_debug', $working_transport, $blocking_transport, $nonblocking_transport );
+
+        if ( isset($args['blocking']) && !$args['blocking'] )
+            return $nonblocking_transport;
+        else
+            return $blocking_transport;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the WordPress HTTP objects for an object to use and returns it.
+     *
+     * Tests all of the objects and returns the object that passes. Also caches
+     * that object to be used later. This is for posting content to a URL and
+     * is used when there is a body. The plain Fopen Transport can not be used
+     * to send content, but the streams transport can. This is a limitation that
+     * is addressed here, by just not including that transport.
+     *
+     * @since 2.7.0
+     * @access private
+     *
+     * @param array $args Request args, default us an empty array
+     * @return object|null Null if no transports are available, HTTP transport object.
+     */
+    function &_postTransport( $args = array() ) {
+        static $working_transport, $blocking_transport, $nonblocking_transport;
+
+        if ( is_null($working_transport) ) {
+            if ( true === WP_Http_ExtHttp::test($args) ) {
+                $working_transport['exthttp'] = new WP_Http_ExtHttp();
+                $blocking_transport[] = &$working_transport['exthttp'];
+            } else if ( true === WP_Http_Curl::test($args) ) {
+                $working_transport['curl'] = new WP_Http_Curl();
+                $blocking_transport[] = &$working_transport['curl'];
+            } else if ( true === WP_Http_Streams::test($args) ) {
+                $working_transport['streams'] = new WP_Http_Streams();
+                $blocking_transport[] = &$working_transport['streams'];
+            } else if ( true === WP_Http_Fsockopen::test($args) ) {
+                $working_transport['fsockopen'] = new WP_Http_Fsockopen();
+                $blocking_transport[] = &$working_transport['fsockopen'];
+            }
+
+            foreach ( array('curl', 'streams', 'fsockopen', 'exthttp') as $transport ) {
+                if ( isset($working_transport[$transport]) )
+                    $nonblocking_transport[] = &$working_transport[$transport];
+            }
+        }
+
+        do_action( 'http_transport_post_debug', $working_transport, $blocking_transport, $nonblocking_transport );
+
+        if ( isset($args['blocking']) && !$args['blocking'] )
+            return $nonblocking_transport;
+        else
+            return $blocking_transport;
+    }
 
     /**
@@ -77 +211 @@
      * @param string $url URI resource.
      * @param str|array $args Optional. Override the defaults.
-     * @return array|object Array containing 'headers', 'body', 'response', 'cookies', 'filename'. A WP_Error instance upon error
+     * @return array containing 'headers', 'body', 'response', 'cookies'
      */
     function request( $url, $args = array() ) {
@@ -94 +228 @@
             'compress' => false,
             'decompress' => true,
-            'sslverify' => true,
-            'stream' => false,
-            'filename' => null
+            'sslverify' => true
         );
-
-
-        // Pre-parse for the HEAD checks.
-        $args = wp_parse_args( $args );
-
-        // By default, Head requests do not cause redirections.
-        if ( isset($args['method']) && 'HEAD' == $args['method'] )
-            $defaults['redirection'] = 0;
 
         $r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
         $r = apply_filters( 'http_request_args', $r, $url );
-
-        // Certain classes decrement this, store a copy of the original value for loop purposes.
-        $r['_redirection'] = $r['redirection'];
 
         // Allow plugins to short-circuit the request
@@ -134 +255 @@
         $r['local'] = $homeURL['host'] == $arrURL['host'] || 'localhost' == $arrURL['host'];
         unset( $homeURL );
-
-        // If we are streaming to a file but no filename was given drop it in the WP temp dir
-        // and pick it's name using the basename of the $url
-        if ( $r['stream']  && empty( $r['filename'] ) )
-            $r['filename'] = get_temp_dir() . basename( $url );
-
-        // Force some settings if we are streaming to a file and check for existence and perms of destination directory
-        if ( $r['stream'] ) {
-            $r['blocking'] = true;
-            if ( ! is_writable( dirname( $r['filename'] ) ) )
-                return new WP_Error( 'http_request_failed', __( 'Destination directory for file streaming does not exist or is not writable.' ) );
-        }
 
         if ( is_null( $r['headers'] ) )
@@ -178 +287 @@
             if ( ($r['method'] == 'POST' || $r['method'] == 'PUT') && ! isset( $r['headers']['Content-Length'] ) )
                 $r['headers']['Content-Length'] = 0;
+
+            // The method is ambiguous, because we aren't talking about HTTP methods, the "get" in
+            // this case is simply that we aren't sending any bodies and to get the transports that
+            // don't support sending bodies along with those which do.
+            $transports = WP_Http::_getTransport( $r );
         } else {
             if ( is_array( $r['body'] ) || is_object( $r['body'] ) ) {
-                $r['body'] = http_build_query( $r['body'], null, '&' );
+                if ( ! version_compare(phpversion(), '5.1.2', '>=') )
+                    $r['body'] = _http_build_query( $r['body'], null, '&' );
+                else
+                    $r['body'] = http_build_query( $r['body'], null, '&' );
                 $r['headers']['Content-Type'] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=' . get_option( 'blog_charset' );
                 $r['headers']['Content-Length'] = strlen( $r['body'] );
@@ -187 +304 @@
             if ( ! isset( $r['headers']['Content-Length'] ) && ! isset( $r['headers']['content-length'] ) )
                 $r['headers']['Content-Length'] = strlen( $r['body'] );
-        }
-
-        return $this->_dispatch_request($url, $r);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Tests which transports are capable of supporting the request.
-     *
-     * @since 3.2.0
-     * @access private
-     *
-     * @param array $args Request arguments
-     * @param string $url URL to Request
-     *
-     * @return string|false Class name for the first transport that claims to support the request.  False if no transport claims to support the request.
-     */
-    public function _get_first_available_transport( $args, $url = null ) {
-        $request_order = array( 'curl', 'streams', 'fsockopen' );
-
-        // Loop over each transport on each HTTP request looking for one which will serve this request's needs
-        foreach ( $request_order as $transport ) {
-            $class = 'WP_HTTP_' . $transport;
-
-            // Check to see if this transport is a possibility, calls the transport statically
-            if ( !call_user_func( array( $class, 'test' ), $args, $url ) )
-                continue;
-
-            return $class;
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Dispatches a HTTP request to a supporting transport.
-     *
-     * Tests each transport in order to find a transport which matches the request arguements.
-     * Also caches the transport instance to be used later.
-     *
-     * The order for blocking requests is cURL, Streams, and finally Fsockopen.
-     * The order for non-blocking requests is cURL, Streams and Fsockopen().
-     *
-     * There are currently issues with "localhost" not resolving correctly with DNS. This may cause
-     * an error "failed to open stream: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did
-     * not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because [the]
-     * connected host has failed to respond."
-     *
-     * @since 3.2.0
-     * @access private
-     *
-     * @param string $url URL to Request
-     * @param array $args Request arguments
-     * @return array|object Array containing 'headers', 'body', 'response', 'cookies', 'filename'. A WP_Error instance upon error
-     */
-    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 );
-
-        do_action( 'http_api_debug', $response, 'response', $class );
-
-        if ( is_wp_error( $response ) )
-            return $response;
-
-        return apply_filters( 'http_response', $response, $args, $url );
+
+            // The method is ambiguous, because we aren't talking about HTTP methods, the "post" in
+            // this case is simply that we are sending HTTP body and to get the transports that do
+            // support sending the body. Not all do, depending on the limitations of the PHP core
+            // limitations.
+            $transports = WP_Http::_postTransport( $r );
+        }
+
+        do_action( 'http_api_debug', $transports, 'transports_list' );
+
+        $response = array( 'headers' => array(), 'body' => '', 'response' => array('code' => false, 'message' => false), 'cookies' => array() );
+        foreach ( (array) $transports as $transport ) {
+            $response = $transport->request( $url, $r );
+
+            do_action( 'http_api_debug', $response, 'response', get_class( $transport ) );
+
+            if ( ! is_wp_error( $response ) )
+                return apply_filters( 'http_response', $response, $r, $url );
+        }
+
+        return $response;
     }
 
@@ -272 +337 @@
      * @param string $url URI resource.
      * @param str|array $args Optional. Override the defaults.
-     * @return array|object Array containing 'headers', 'body', 'response', 'cookies', 'filename'. A WP_Error instance upon error
+     * @return boolean
      */
     function post($url, $args = array()) {
@@ -290 +355 @@
      * @param string $url URI resource.
      * @param str|array $args Optional. Override the defaults.
-     * @return array|object Array containing 'headers', 'body', 'response', 'cookies', 'filename'. A WP_Error instance upon error
+     * @return boolean
      */
     function get($url, $args = array()) {
@@ -308 +373 @@
      * @param string $url URI resource.
      * @param str|array $args Optional. Override the defaults.
-     * @return array|object Array containing 'headers', 'body', 'response', 'cookies', 'filename'. A WP_Error instance upon error
+     * @return boolean
      */
     function head($url, $args = array()) {
@@ -329 +394 @@
         $res = explode("\r\n\r\n", $strResponse, 2);
 
-        return array('headers' => $res[0], 'body' => isset($res[1]) ? $res[1] : '');
+        return array('headers' => isset($res[0]) ? $res[0] : array(), 'body' => isset($res[1]) ? $res[1] : '');
     }
 
@@ -370 +435 @@
         $cookies = array();
         $newheaders = array();
-        foreach ( (array) $headers as $tempheader ) {
+        foreach ( $headers as $tempheader ) {
             if ( empty($tempheader) )
                 continue;
 
             if ( false === strpos($tempheader, ':') ) {
-                $stack = explode(' ', $tempheader, 3);
-                $stack[] = '';
-                list( , $response['code'], $response['message']) = $stack;
+                list( , $response['code'], $response['message']) = explode(' ', $tempheader, 3);
                 continue;
             }
@@ -562 +625 @@
      * @param string $url URI resource.
      * @param str|array $args Optional. Override the defaults.
-     * @return array 'headers', 'body', 'response', 'cookies' and 'filename' keys.
+     * @return array 'headers', 'body', 'cookies' and 'response' keys.
      */
     function request($url, $args = array()) {
@@ -686 +749 @@
 
         $strResponse = '';
-        $bodyStarted = false;
-
-        // If streaming to a file setup the file handle
-        if ( $r['stream'] ) {
-            if ( ! WP_DEBUG )
-                $stream_handle = @fopen( $r['filename'], 'w+' );
-            else
-                $stream_handle = fopen( $r['filename'], 'w+' );
-            if ( ! $stream_handle )
-                return new WP_Error( 'http_request_failed', sprintf( __( 'Could not open handle for fopen() to %s' ), $r['filename'] ) );
-
-            while ( ! feof($handle) ) {
-                $block = fread( $handle, 4096 );
-                if ( $bodyStarted ) {
-                    fwrite( $stream_handle, $block );
-                } else {
-                    $strResponse .= $block;
-                    if ( strpos( $strResponse, "\r\n\r\n" ) ) {
-                        $process = WP_Http::processResponse( $strResponse );
-                        $bodyStarted = true;
-                        fwrite( $stream_handle, $process['body'] );
-                        unset( $strResponse );
-                        $process['body'] = '';
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            fclose( $stream_handle );
-
-        } else {
-            while ( ! feof($handle) )
-                $strResponse .= fread( $handle, 4096 );
-
-            $process = WP_Http::processResponse( $strResponse );
-            unset( $strResponse );
-        }
-
-        fclose( $handle );
+        while ( ! feof($handle) )
+            $strResponse .= fread($handle, 4096);
+
+        fclose($handle);
 
         if ( true === $secure_transport )
             error_reporting($error_reporting);
 
-        $arrHeaders = WP_Http::processHeaders( $process['headers'] );
+        $process = WP_Http::processResponse($strResponse);
+        $arrHeaders = WP_Http::processHeaders($process['headers']);
+
+        // Is the response code within the 400 range?
+        if ( (int) $arrHeaders['response']['code'] >= 400 && (int) $arrHeaders['response']['code'] < 500 )
+            return new WP_Error('http_request_failed', $arrHeaders['response']['code'] . ': ' . $arrHeaders['response']['message']);
 
         // If location is found, then assume redirect and redirect to location.
-        if ( isset($arrHeaders['headers']['location']) && 0 !== $r['_redirection'] ) {
+        if ( 'HEAD' != $r['method'] && isset($arrHeaders['headers']['location']) ) {
             if ( $r['redirection']-- > 0 ) {
                 return $this->request($arrHeaders['headers']['location'], $r);
@@ -746 +780 @@
             $process['body'] = WP_Http_Encoding::decompress( $process['body'] );
 
-        return array( 'headers' => $arrHeaders['headers'], 'body' => $process['body'], 'response' => $arrHeaders['response'], 'cookies' => $arrHeaders['cookies'], 'filename' => $r['filename'] );
+        return array('headers' => $arrHeaders['headers'], 'body' => $process['body'], 'response' => $arrHeaders['response'], 'cookies' => $arrHeaders['cookies']);
     }
 
@@ -757 +791 @@
      */
     function test( $args = array() ) {
-        if ( ! function_exists( 'fsockopen' ) )
-            return false;
-
         if ( false !== ($option = get_option( 'disable_fsockopen' )) && time()-$option < 43200 ) // 12 hours
             return false;
 
-        $is_ssl = isset( $args['ssl'] ) && $args['ssl'];
-
-        if ( $is_ssl && ! extension_loaded( 'openssl' ) )
+        $is_ssl = isset($args['ssl']) && $args['ssl'];
+
+        if ( ! $is_ssl && function_exists( 'fsockopen' ) )
+            $use = true;
+        elseif ( $is_ssl && extension_loaded('openssl') && function_exists( 'fsockopen' ) )
+            $use = true;
+        else
+            $use = false;
+
+        return apply_filters('use_fsockopen_transport', $use, $args);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * HTTP request method uses fopen function to retrieve the url.
+ *
+ * Requires PHP version greater than 4.3.0 for stream support. Does not allow for $context support,
+ * but should still be okay, to write the headers, before getting the response. Also requires that
+ * 'allow_url_fopen' to be enabled.
+ *
+ * @package WordPress
+ * @subpackage HTTP
+ * @since 2.7.0
+ */
+class WP_Http_Fopen {
+    /**
+     * Send a HTTP request to a URI using fopen().
+     *
+     * This transport does not support sending of headers and body, therefore should not be used in
+     * the instances, where there is a body and headers.
+     *
+     * Notes: Does not support non-blocking mode. Ignores 'redirection' option.
+     *
+     * @see WP_Http::retrieve For default options descriptions.
+     *
+     * @access public
+     * @since 2.7.0
+     *
+     * @param string $url URI resource.
+     * @param str|array $args Optional. Override the defaults.
+     * @return array 'headers', 'body', 'cookies' and 'response' keys.
+     */
+    function request($url, $args = array()) {
+        $defaults = array(
+            'method' => 'GET', 'timeout' => 5,
+            'redirection' => 5, 'httpversion' => '1.0',
+            'blocking' => true,
+            'headers' => array(), 'body' => null, 'cookies' => array()
+        );
+
+        $r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
+
+        $arrURL = parse_url($url);
+
+        if ( false === $arrURL )
+            return new WP_Error('http_request_failed', sprintf(__('Malformed URL: %s'), $url));
+
+        if ( 'http' != $arrURL['scheme'] && 'https' != $arrURL['scheme'] )
+            $url = str_replace($arrURL['scheme'], 'http', $url);
+
+        if ( is_null( $r['headers'] ) )
+            $r['headers'] = array();
+
+        if ( is_string($r['headers']) ) {
+            $processedHeaders = WP_Http::processHeaders($r['headers']);
+            $r['headers'] = $processedHeaders['headers'];
+        }
+
+        $initial_user_agent = ini_get('user_agent');
+
+        if ( !empty($r['headers']) && is_array($r['headers']) ) {
+            $user_agent_extra_headers = '';
+            foreach ( $r['headers'] as $header => $value )
+                $user_agent_extra_headers .= "\r\n$header: $value";
+            @ini_set('user_agent', $r['user-agent'] . $user_agent_extra_headers);
+        } else {
+            @ini_set('user_agent', $r['user-agent']);
+        }
+
+        if ( !WP_DEBUG )
+            $handle = @fopen($url, 'r');
+        else
+            $handle = fopen($url, 'r');
+
+        if (! $handle)
+            return new WP_Error('http_request_failed', sprintf(__('Could not open handle for fopen() to %s'), $url));
+
+        $timeout = (int) floor( $r['timeout'] );
+        $utimeout = $timeout == $r['timeout'] ? 0 : 1000000 * $r['timeout'] % 1000000;
+        stream_set_timeout( $handle, $timeout, $utimeout );
+
+        if ( ! $r['blocking'] ) {
+            fclose($handle);
+            @ini_set('user_agent', $initial_user_agent); //Clean up any extra headers added
+            return array( 'headers' => array(), 'body' => '', 'response' => array('code' => false, 'message' => false), 'cookies' => array() );
+        }
+
+        $strResponse = '';
+        while ( ! feof($handle) )
+            $strResponse .= fread($handle, 4096);
+
+        if ( function_exists('stream_get_meta_data') ) {
+            $meta = stream_get_meta_data($handle);
+
+            $theHeaders = $meta['wrapper_data'];
+            if ( isset( $meta['wrapper_data']['headers'] ) )
+                $theHeaders = $meta['wrapper_data']['headers'];
+        } else {
+            //$http_response_header is a PHP reserved variable which is set in the current-scope when using the HTTP Wrapper
+            //see http://php.oregonstate.edu/manual/en/reserved.variables.httpresponseheader.php
+            $theHeaders = $http_response_header;
+        }
+
+        fclose($handle);
+
+        @ini_set('user_agent', $initial_user_agent); //Clean up any extra headers added
+
+        $processedHeaders = WP_Http::processHeaders($theHeaders);
+
+        if ( ! empty( $strResponse ) && isset( $processedHeaders['headers']['transfer-encoding'] ) && 'chunked' == $processedHeaders['headers']['transfer-encoding'] )
+            $strResponse = WP_Http::chunkTransferDecode($strResponse);
+
+        if ( true === $r['decompress'] && true === WP_Http_Encoding::should_decode($processedHeaders['headers']) )
+            $strResponse = WP_Http_Encoding::decompress( $strResponse );
+
+        return array('headers' => $processedHeaders['headers'], 'body' => $strResponse, 'response' => $processedHeaders['response'], 'cookies' => $processedHeaders['cookies']);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Whether this class can be used for retrieving an URL.
+     *
+     * @since 2.7.0
+     * @static
+     * @return boolean False means this class can not be used, true means it can.
+     */
+    function test($args = array()) {
+        if ( ! function_exists('fopen') || (function_exists('ini_get') && true != ini_get('allow_url_fopen')) )
             return false;
 
-        return apply_filters( 'use_fsockopen_transport', true, $args );
+        if ( isset($args['method']) && 'HEAD' == $args['method'] ) //This transport cannot make a HEAD request
+            return false;
+
+        $use = true;
+        //PHP does not verify SSL certs, We can only make a request via this transports if SSL Verification is turned off.
+        $is_ssl = isset($args['ssl']) && $args['ssl'];
+        if ( $is_ssl ) {
+            $is_local = isset($args['local']) && $args['local'];
+            $ssl_verify = isset($args['sslverify']) && $args['sslverify'];
+            if ( $is_local && true != apply_filters('https_local_ssl_verify', true) )
+                $use = true;
+            elseif ( !$is_local && true != apply_filters('https_ssl_verify', true) )
+                $use = true;
+            elseif ( !$ssl_verify )
+                $use = true;
+            else
+                $use = false;
+        }
+
+        return apply_filters('use_fopen_transport', $use, $args);
     }
 }
@@ -793 +977 @@
      * @param string $url
      * @param str|array $args Optional. Override the defaults.
-     * @return array 'headers', 'body', 'response', 'cookies' and 'filename' keys.
+     * @return array 'headers', 'body', 'cookies' and 'response' keys.
      */
     function request($url, $args = array()) {
@@ -866 +1050 @@
         }
 
+        if ( 'HEAD' == $r['method'] ) // Disable redirects for HEAD requests
+            $arrContext['http']['max_redirects'] = 1;
+
         if ( ! empty($r['body'] ) )
             $arrContext['http']['content'] = $r['body'];
@@ -889 +1076 @@
         }
 
-        if ( $r['stream'] ) {
-            if ( ! WP_DEBUG )
-                $stream_handle = @fopen( $r['filename'], 'w+' );
-            else
-                $stream_handle = fopen( $r['filename'], 'w+' );
-
-            if ( ! $stream_handle )
-                return new WP_Error( 'http_request_failed', sprintf( __( 'Could not open handle for fopen() to %s' ), $r['filename'] ) );
-
-            stream_copy_to_stream( $handle, $stream_handle );
-
-            fclose( $stream_handle );
-            $strResponse = '';
-        } else {
-            $strResponse = stream_get_contents( $handle );
-        }
-
-        $meta = stream_get_meta_data( $handle );
-
-        fclose( $handle );
+        $strResponse = stream_get_contents($handle);
+        $meta = stream_get_meta_data($handle);
+
+        fclose($handle);
 
         $processedHeaders = array();
@@ -916 +1087 @@
             $processedHeaders = WP_Http::processHeaders($meta['wrapper_data']);
 
-        // Streams does not provide an error code which we can use to see why the request stream stoped.
-        // We can however test to see if a location header is present and return based on that.
-        if ( isset($processedHeaders['headers']['location']) && 0 !== $args['_redirection'] )
-            return new WP_Error('http_request_failed', __('Too many redirects.'));
-
         if ( ! empty( $strResponse ) && isset( $processedHeaders['headers']['transfer-encoding'] ) && 'chunked' == $processedHeaders['headers']['transfer-encoding'] )
             $strResponse = WP_Http::chunkTransferDecode($strResponse);
@@ -927 +1093 @@
             $strResponse = WP_Http_Encoding::decompress( $strResponse );
 
-        return array( 'headers' => $processedHeaders['headers'], 'body' => $strResponse, 'response' => $processedHeaders['response'], 'cookies' => $processedHeaders['cookies'], 'filename' => $r['filename'] );
+        return array('headers' => $processedHeaders['headers'], 'body' => $strResponse, 'response' => $processedHeaders['response'], 'cookies' => $processedHeaders['cookies']);
     }
 
@@ -939 +1105 @@
      * @return boolean False means this class can not be used, true means it can.
      */
-    function test( $args = array() ) {
-        if ( ! function_exists( 'fopen' ) )
+    function test($args = array()) {
+        if ( ! function_exists('fopen') || (function_exists('ini_get') && true != ini_get('allow_url_fopen')) )
             return false;
 
-        if ( ! function_exists( 'ini_get' ) || true != ini_get( 'allow_url_fopen' ) )
+        if ( version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.0', '<') )
             return false;
 
-        $is_ssl = isset( $args['ssl'] ) && $args['ssl'];
-
-        if ( $is_ssl && ! extension_loaded( 'openssl' ) )
-            return false;
-
-        return apply_filters( 'use_streams_transport', true, $args );
+        //HTTPS via Proxy was added in 5.1.0
+        $is_ssl = isset($args['ssl']) && $args['ssl'];
+        if ( $is_ssl && version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.1.0', '<') ) {
+            $proxy = new WP_HTTP_Proxy();
+            /**
+             * No URL check, as its not currently passed to the ::test() function
+             * In the case where a Proxy is in use, Just bypass this transport for HTTPS.
+             */
+            if ( $proxy->is_enabled() )
+                return false;
+        }
+
+        return apply_filters('use_streams_transport', true, $args);
     }
 }
 
 /**
- * HTTP request method uses Curl extension to retrieve the url.
- *
- * Requires the Curl extension to be installed.
+ * HTTP request method uses HTTP extension to retrieve the url.
+ *
+ * Requires the HTTP extension to be installed. This would be the preferred transport since it can
+ * handle a lot of the problems that forces the others to use the HTTP version 1.0. Even if PHP 5.2+
+ * is being used, it doesn't mean that the HTTP extension will be enabled.
  *
  * @package WordPress
  * @subpackage HTTP
- * @since 2.7
+ * @since 2.7.0
  */
-class WP_Http_Curl {
-
-    /**
-     * Temporary header storage for use with streaming to a file.
-     *
-     * @since 3.2.0
-     * @access private
-     * @var string
-     */
-    private $headers = '';
-
-    /**
-     * Send a HTTP request to a URI using cURL extension.
+class WP_Http_ExtHttp {
+    /**
+     * Send a HTTP request to a URI using HTTP extension.
+     *
+     * Does not support non-blocking.
      *
      * @access public
-     * @since 2.7.0
+     * @since 2.7
      *
      * @param string $url
      * @param str|array $args Optional. Override the defaults.
-     * @return array 'headers', 'body', 'response', 'cookies' and 'filename' keys.
+     * @return array 'headers', 'body', 'cookies' and 'response' keys.
      */
     function request($url, $args = array()) {
@@ -1003 +1170 @@
         }
 
-        // Construct Cookie: header if any cookies are set.
+        // Construct Cookie: header if any cookies are set
         WP_Http::buildCookieHeader( $r );
 
-        $handle = curl_init();
-
-        // cURL offers really easy proxy support.
-        $proxy = new WP_HTTP_Proxy();
-
-        if ( $proxy->is_enabled() && $proxy->send_through_proxy( $url ) ) {
-
-            curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_HTTP );
-            curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_PROXY, $proxy->host() );
-            curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_PROXYPORT, $proxy->port() );
-
-            if ( $proxy->use_authentication() ) {
-                curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH, CURLAUTH_ANY );
-                curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, $proxy->authentication() );
-            }
-        }
+        switch ( $r['method'] ) {
+            case 'POST':
+                $r['method'] = HTTP_METH_POST;
+                break;
+            case 'HEAD':
+                $r['method'] = HTTP_METH_HEAD;
+                break;
+            case 'PUT':
+                $r['method'] =  HTTP_METH_PUT;
+                break;
+            case 'GET':
+            default:
+                $r['method'] = HTTP_METH_GET;
+        }
+
+        $arrURL = parse_url($url);
+
+        if ( 'http' != $arrURL['scheme'] && 'https' != $arrURL['scheme'] )
+            $url = preg_replace('|^' . preg_quote($arrURL['scheme'], '|') . '|', 'http', $url);
 
         $is_local = isset($args['local']) && $args['local'];
@@ -1030 +1200 @@
             $ssl_verify = apply_filters('https_ssl_verify', $ssl_verify);
 
+        $r['timeout'] = (int) ceil( $r['timeout'] );
+
+        $options = array(
+            'timeout' => $r['timeout'],
+            'connecttimeout' => $r['timeout'],
+            'redirect' => $r['redirection'],
+            'useragent' => $r['user-agent'],
+            'headers' => $r['headers'],
+            'ssl' => array(
+                'verifypeer' => $ssl_verify,
+                'verifyhost' => $ssl_verify
+            )
+        );
+
+        if ( HTTP_METH_HEAD == $r['method'] )
+            $options['redirect'] = 0; // Assumption: Docs seem to suggest that this means do not follow. Untested.
+
+        // The HTTP extensions offers really easy proxy support.
+        $proxy = new WP_HTTP_Proxy();
+
+        if ( $proxy->is_enabled() && $proxy->send_through_proxy( $url ) ) {
+            $options['proxyhost'] = $proxy->host();
+            $options['proxyport'] = $proxy->port();
+            $options['proxytype'] = HTTP_PROXY_HTTP;
+
+            if ( $proxy->use_authentication() ) {
+                $options['proxyauth'] = $proxy->authentication();
+                $options['proxyauthtype'] = HTTP_AUTH_ANY;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ( !WP_DEBUG ) //Emits warning level notices for max redirects and timeouts
+            $strResponse = @http_request($r['method'], $url, $r['body'], $options, $info);
+        else
+            $strResponse = http_request($r['method'], $url, $r['body'], $options, $info); //Emits warning level notices for max redirects and timeouts
+
+        // Error may still be set, Response may return headers or partial document, and error
+        // contains a reason the request was aborted, eg, timeout expired or max-redirects reached.
+        if ( false === $strResponse || ! empty($info['error']) )
+            return new WP_Error('http_request_failed', $info['response_code'] . ': ' . $info['error']);
+
+        if ( ! $r['blocking'] )
+            return array( 'headers' => array(), 'body' => '', 'response' => array('code' => false, 'message' => false), 'cookies' => array() );
+
+        $headers_body = WP_HTTP::processResponse($strResponse);
+        $theHeaders = $headers_body['headers'];
+        $theBody = $headers_body['body'];
+        unset($headers_body);
+
+        $theHeaders = WP_Http::processHeaders($theHeaders);
+
+        if ( ! empty( $theBody ) && isset( $theHeaders['headers']['transfer-encoding'] ) && 'chunked' == $theHeaders['headers']['transfer-encoding'] ) {
+            if ( !WP_DEBUG )
+                $theBody = @http_chunked_decode($theBody);
+            else
+                $theBody = http_chunked_decode($theBody);
+        }
+
+        if ( true === $r['decompress'] && true === WP_Http_Encoding::should_decode($theHeaders['headers']) )
+            $theBody = http_inflate( $theBody );
+
+        $theResponse = array();
+        $theResponse['code'] = $info['response_code'];
+        $theResponse['message'] = get_status_header_desc($info['response_code']);
+
+        return array('headers' => $theHeaders['headers'], 'body' => $theBody, 'response' => $theResponse, 'cookies' => $theHeaders['cookies']);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Whether this class can be used for retrieving an URL.
+     *
+     * @static
+     * @since 2.7.0
+     *
+     * @return boolean False means this class can not be used, true means it can.
+     */
+    function test($args = array()) {
+        return apply_filters('use_http_extension_transport', function_exists('http_request'), $args );
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * HTTP request method uses Curl extension to retrieve the url.
+ *
+ * Requires the Curl extension to be installed.
+ *
+ * @package WordPress
+ * @subpackage HTTP
+ * @since 2.7
+ */
+class WP_Http_Curl {
+
+    /**
+     * Send a HTTP request to a URI using cURL extension.
+     *
+     * @access public
+     * @since 2.7.0
+     *
+     * @param string $url
+     * @param str|array $args Optional. Override the defaults.
+     * @return array 'headers', 'body', 'cookies' and 'response' keys.
+     */
+    function request($url, $args = array()) {
+        $defaults = array(
+            'method' => 'GET', 'timeout' => 5,
+            'redirection' => 5, 'httpversion' => '1.0',
+            'blocking' => true,
+            'headers' => array(), 'body' => null, 'cookies' => array()
+        );
+
+        $r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
+
+        if ( isset($r['headers']['User-Agent']) ) {
+            $r['user-agent'] = $r['headers']['User-Agent'];
+            unset($r['headers']['User-Agent']);
+        } else if ( isset($r['headers']['user-agent']) ) {
+            $r['user-agent'] = $r['headers']['user-agent'];
+            unset($r['headers']['user-agent']);
+        }
+
+        // Construct Cookie: header if any cookies are set.
+        WP_Http::buildCookieHeader( $r );
+
+        $handle = curl_init();
+
+        // cURL offers really easy proxy support.
+        $proxy = new WP_HTTP_Proxy();
+
+        if ( $proxy->is_enabled() && $proxy->send_through_proxy( $url ) ) {
+
+            $isPHP5 = version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.0.0', '>=');
+
+            if ( $isPHP5 ) {
+                curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_HTTP );
+                curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_PROXY, $proxy->host() );
+                curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_PROXYPORT, $proxy->port() );
+            } else {
+                curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_PROXY, $proxy->host() .':'. $proxy->port() );
+            }
+
+            if ( $proxy->use_authentication() ) {
+                if ( $isPHP5 )
+                    curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH, CURLAUTH_ANY );
+
+                curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, $proxy->authentication() );
+            }
+        }
+
+        $is_local = isset($args['local']) && $args['local'];
+        $ssl_verify = isset($args['sslverify']) && $args['sslverify'];
+        if ( $is_local )
+            $ssl_verify = apply_filters('https_local_ssl_verify', $ssl_verify);
+        elseif ( ! $is_local )
+            $ssl_verify = apply_filters('https_ssl_verify', $ssl_verify);
+
 
         // CURLOPT_TIMEOUT and CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT expect integers.  Have to use ceil since
@@ -1039 +1364 @@
         curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
         curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
-        curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, ( $ssl_verify === true ) ? 2 : false );
+        curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, $ssl_verify );
         curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, $ssl_verify );
         curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $r['user-agent'] );
@@ -1059 +1384 @@
 
         if ( true === $r['blocking'] )
-            curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, array( &$this, 'stream_headers' ) );
-
-        curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_HEADER, false );
-
-        // If streaming to a file open a file handle, and setup our curl streaming handler
-        if ( $r['stream'] ) {
-            if ( ! WP_DEBUG )
-                $stream_handle = @fopen( $r['filename'], 'w+' );
-            else
-                $stream_handle = fopen( $r['filename'], 'w+' );
-            if ( ! $stream_handle )
-                return new WP_Error( 'http_request_failed', sprintf( __( 'Could not open handle for fopen() to %s' ), $r['filename'] ) );
-            curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_FILE, $stream_handle );
-        }
+            curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_HEADER, true );
+        else
+            curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_HEADER, false );
 
         // The option doesn't work with safe mode or when open_basedir is set.
-        if ( !ini_get('safe_mode') && !ini_get('open_basedir') && 0 !== $r['_redirection'] )
+        // Disable HEAD when making HEAD requests.
+        if ( !ini_get('safe_mode') && !ini_get('open_basedir') && 'HEAD' != $r['method'] )
             curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true );
 
@@ -1104 +1419 @@
 
         $theResponse = curl_exec( $handle );
-        $theBody = '';
-        $theHeaders = WP_Http::processHeaders( $this->headers );
-
-        if ( strlen($theResponse) > 0 && ! is_bool( $theResponse ) ) // is_bool: when using $args['stream'], curl_exec will return (bool)true
-            $theBody = $theResponse;
-
-        // If no response, and It's not a HEAD request with valid headers returned
-        if ( 0 == strlen($theResponse) && ('HEAD' != $args['method'] || empty($this->headers)) ) {
+
+        if ( !empty($theResponse) ) {
+            $headerLength = curl_getinfo($handle, CURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE);
+            $theHeaders = trim( substr($theResponse, 0, $headerLength) );
+            if ( strlen($theResponse) > $headerLength )
+                $theBody = substr( $theResponse, $headerLength );
+            else
+                $theBody = '';
+            if ( false !== strpos($theHeaders, "\r\n\r\n") ) {
+                $headerParts = explode("\r\n\r\n", $theHeaders);
+                $theHeaders = $headerParts[ count($headerParts) -1 ];
+            }
+            $theHeaders = WP_Http::processHeaders($theHeaders);
+        } else {
             if ( $curl_error = curl_error($handle) )
                 return new WP_Error('http_request_failed', $curl_error);
             if ( in_array( curl_getinfo( $handle, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE ), array(301, 302) ) )
                 return new WP_Error('http_request_failed', __('Too many redirects.'));
-        }
-
-        unset( $this->headers );
+
+            $theHeaders = array( 'headers' => array(), 'cookies' => array() );
+            $theBody = '';
+        }
 
         $response = array();
@@ -1126 +1448 @@
         curl_close( $handle );
 
-        if ( $r['stream'] )
-            fclose( $stream_handle );
-
         // See #11305 - When running under safe mode, redirection is disabled above. Handle it manually.
-        if ( ! empty( $theHeaders['headers']['location'] ) && ( ini_get( 'safe_mode' ) || ini_get( 'open_basedir' ) ) && 0 !== $r['_redirection'] ) {
+        if ( !empty($theHeaders['headers']['location']) && (ini_get('safe_mode') || ini_get('open_basedir')) ) {
             if ( $r['redirection']-- > 0 ) {
-                return $this->request( $theHeaders['headers']['location'], $r );
+                return $this->request($theHeaders['headers']['location'], $r);
             } else {
-                return new WP_Error( 'http_request_failed', __( 'Too many redirects.' ) );
+                return new WP_Error('http_request_failed', __('Too many redirects.'));
             }
         }
@@ -1141 +1460 @@
             $theBody = WP_Http_Encoding::decompress( $theBody );
 
-        return array( 'headers' => $theHeaders['headers'], 'body' => $theBody, 'response' => $response, 'cookies' => $theHeaders['cookies'], 'filename' => $r['filename'] );
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Grab the headers of the cURL request
-     *
-     * Each header is sent individually to this callback, so we append to the $header property for temporary storage
-     *
-     * @since 3.2.0
-     * @access private
-     * @return int
-     */
-    private function stream_headers( $handle, $headers ) {
-        $this->headers .= $headers;
-        return strlen( $headers );
+        return array('headers' => $theHeaders['headers'], 'body' => $theBody, 'response' => $response, 'cookies' => $theHeaders['cookies']);
     }
 
@@ -1166 +1471 @@
      * @return boolean False means this class can not be used, true means it can.
      */
-    function test( $args = array() ) {
-        if ( ! function_exists( 'curl_init' ) || ! function_exists( 'curl_exec' ) )
-            return false;
-
-        $is_ssl = isset( $args['ssl'] ) && $args['ssl'];
-
-        if ( $is_ssl ) {
-            $curl_version = curl_version();
-            if ( ! (CURL_VERSION_SSL & $curl_version['features']) ) // Does this cURL version support SSL requests?
-                return false;
-        }
-
-        return apply_filters( 'use_curl_transport', true, $args );
+    function test($args = array()) {
+        if ( function_exists('curl_init') && function_exists('curl_exec') )
+            return apply_filters('use_curl_transport', true, $args);
+
+        return false;
     }
 }
@@ -1190 +1487 @@
  *
  * Please note that only BASIC authentication is supported by most transports.
- * cURL MAY support more methods (such as NTLM authentication) depending on your environment.
+ * cURL and the PHP HTTP Extension MAY support more methods (such as NTLM authentication) depending on your environment.
  *
  * The constants are as follows:
@@ -1423 +1720 @@
      */
     var $domain;
+
+    /**
+     * PHP4 style Constructor - Calls PHP5 Style Constructor.
+     *
+     * @access public
+     * @since 2.8.0
+     * @param string|array $data Raw cookie data.
+     */
+    function WP_Http_Cookie( $data ) {
+        $this->__construct( $data );
+    }
 
     /**