[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17490: cURL fails with timeout when posting to a location that redirects

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#17490: cURL fails with timeout when posting to a location that redirects
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 Reporter:  simsmaster    |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  HTTP          |     Version:  3.2
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |
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Comment (by mdawaffe):

 Check out cURL's {{{CURLOPT_POSTREDIR}}} (added in cURL 7.19.1).  The
 constant is defined in PHP (as of 5.3.2) but undocumented.

 For example, the following tells cURL to maintain the HTTP method after
 either a 301 or 302 redirect.

 {{{
 curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_POSTREDIR, 3 );
 }}}

 In the absence of {{{CURLOPT_POSTREDIR}}} support, doing

 {{{
 curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST' );
 }}}

 rather than relying on

 {{{
 curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_POST, true );
 }}}

 ''may'' help in some cases as well.

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