setting custom curl options

- `Unirest\Request::curlOpt()`
- `Unirest\Request::curlOpts()`
- `Unirest\Request::clearCurlOpts()`

fixes #78

README.md

@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ Unirest\Request::defaultHeader("Header1", "Value1");
 Unirest\Request::defaultHeader("Header2", "Value2");
 ```
 
-You can do set default headers in bulk:
+You can set default headers in bulk by passing an array:
 
 ```php
 Unirest\Request::defaultHeaders(array(
@@ -288,6 +288,27 @@ You can clear the default headers anytime with:
 
 ```php
 Unirest\Request::clearDefaultHeaders();
+
+#### Default cURL Options
+
+You can set default [cURL options](http://php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php) that will be sent on every request:
+
+```php
+Unirest\Request::curlOpt(CURLOPT_COOKIE, "foo=bar");
+```
+
+You can set options bulk by passing an array:
+
+```php
+Unirest\Request::curlOpts(array(
+    CURLOPT_COOKIE => "foo=bar"
+));
+```
+
+You can clear the default options anytime with:
+
+```php
+Unirest\Request::clearCurlOpts();
 ```
 
 #### SSL validation

src/Unirest/Request.php

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class Request
 {
     private static $cookie = null;
     private static $cookieFile = null;
+    private static $curlOpts = array();
     private static $defaultHeaders = array();
     private static $handle = null;
     private static $jsonOpts = array();
@@ -72,11 +73,7 @@ class Request
      */
     public static function defaultHeaders($headers)
     {
-        foreach ($headers as $name => $value) {
-            self::$defaultHeaders[$name] = $value;
-        }
-
-        return $headers;
+        return array_merge(self::$defaultHeaders, $headers);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -90,6 +87,43 @@ class Request
         return self::$defaultHeaders[$name] = $value;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Clear all the default headers
+     */
+    public static function clearDefaultHeaders()
+    {
+        return self::$defaultHeaders = array();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set curl options to send on every request
+     *
+     * @param array $options options array
+     */
+    public static function curlOpts($opts)
+    {
+        return array_merge(self::$curlOpts, $opts);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set a new default header to send on every request
+     *
+     * @param string $name header name
+     * @param string $value header value
+     */
+    public static function curlOpt($name, $value)
+    {
+        return self::$curlOpts[$name] = $value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Clear all the default headers
+     */
+    public static function clearCurlOpts()
+    {
+        return self::$curlOpts = array();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set a Mashape key to send on every request as a header
      * Obtain your Mashape key by browsing one of your Mashape applications on https://www.mashape.com
@@ -126,14 +160,6 @@ class Request
         self::$cookieFile = $cookieFile;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Clear all the default headers
-     */
-    public static function clearDefaultHeaders()
-    {
-        return self::$defaultHeaders = array();
-    }
-
     /**
      * Set authentication method to use
      *
@@ -350,6 +376,9 @@ class Request
     {
         self::$handle = curl_init();
 
+        // start with default options
+        curl_setopt_array(self::$handle, self::$curlOpts);
+
         if ($method !== Method::GET) {
             curl_setopt(self::$handle, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, $method);
 
@@ -436,9 +465,15 @@ class Request
         return new Response($httpCode, $body, $header, self::$jsonOpts);
     }
 
-    public static function getInfo()
+    public static function getInfo($opt = false)
     {
-        return curl_getinfo(self::$handle);
+        if ($opt) {
+            $info = curl_getinfo(self::$handle, $opt);
+        } else {
+            $info = curl_getinfo(self::$handle);
+        }
+
+        return $info;
     }
 
     public static function getCurlHandle()

tests/Unirest/RequestTest.php

@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ class UnirestRequestTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals($result['file'], $file);
     }
 
+    public function testCurlOpts()
+    {
+        Unirest\Request::curlOpt(CURLOPT_COOKIE, 'foo=bar');
+
+        $response = Unirest\Request::get('http://mockbin.com/request');
+
+        $this->assertTrue(property_exists($response->body->cookies, 'foo'));
+
+        Unirest\Request::clearCurlOpts();
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException Exception
      */
@@ -23,23 +34,11 @@ class UnirestRequestTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     {
         Unirest\Request::timeout(1);
 
-        Unirest\Request::get('http://mockbin.com/delay/3000');
+        Unirest\Request::get('http://mockbin.com/delay/1000');
 
         Unirest\Request::timeout(null); // Cleaning timeout for the other tests
     }
 
-/*
-    public function testTimeoutSuccess()
-    {
-        Unirest\Request::timeout(3);
-
-        $response = Unirest\Request::get('http://mockbin.com/delay/2000');
-        $this->assertEquals(200, $response->code);
-
-        Unirest\Request::timeout(null); // Cleaning timeout for the other tests
-    }
-*/
-
     public function testDefaultHeader()
     {
         Unirest\Request::defaultHeader('Hello', 'custom');