So it looks like I’ve managed to fix my own problem here. I don’t know if this is the best thinkable solution to this exact problem, but it does work! My assumptions about CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION seem correct. As Sally CJ also explained in the comments, the default setting in WP is always set to false. That’s … Read more
Transients seem to be appropriate storage. Just note that if you will generate a lot of this and they will be disposable then you will need to cleanup old transients. As for your cURL/filename issue – it is bad practice to use cURL directly in WordPress. WP provides HTTP API that abstracts remote requests. Unfortunately … Read more
Is it possible to make WordPress as a RESTful app?
Get full page HTML for a non-public WordPress page
I figured out the answer myself and I’ll post it here in case anyone else has this problem. Basically in WP 3.9.1, wp_insert_post() checks the current logged in user for account capabilities (at least this is what I assume). Since I was connecting over cURL, there is no logged in user so the capability checks … Read more
WordPress will use curl if available and it is first transport choice, that is preferable to other supported methods of performing HTTP requests. There is plenty written on merits of using curl and that’s not really specific to WordPress. From the top of my head I’ve read Requiring cURL in Your PHP Library recently.
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As you mentioned, WordPress by default only runs the wp_cron when the WordPress site is visited. This of course will cause problems if you are needing to schedule some event reliably, and you aren’t getting consistent traffic to your site. To resolve this, you can disable the default functionality of the wordpress cron by adding … Read more
If you have to do this with php then you are going to want to use the WP_Http class. Specifically, you’ll probably want to use wp_remote_post(). Something like this should get you started. function pushData($data){ //data is an associative array of the things you want to send $url = “https://yourhost.com/your_catch_script.php”; return wp_remote_post($url, array( ‘method’ => … Read more
Does wp_remote_post() require curl?