Merge pull request #88 from frankdee/master

improved solution to override cURL options …

README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
 [![Gitter][gitter-image]][gitter-url]
 [![License][packagist-license]][license-url]
 
-Unirest is a set of lightweight HTTP libraries available in [multiple languages](http://unirest.io).
+![][unirest-logo]
+
+
+[Unirest](http://unirest.io) is a set of lightweight HTTP libraries available in multiple languages, built and maintained by [Mashape](https://github.com/Mashape), who also maintain the open-source API Gateway [Kong](https://github.com/Mashape/kong). 
+
 
 ## Features
 
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ composer require mashape/unirest-php
 This will get you the latest version of the reporter and install it. If you do want the master, untagged, version you may use the command below:
 
 ```shell
-composer require mashape/php-test-reporter:@dev-master
+composer require mashape/php-test-reporter dev-master
 ```
 
 Composer installs autoloader at `./vendor/autoloader.php`. to include the library in your script, add:
@@ -336,6 +340,9 @@ Unirest\Request::getCurlHandle()
 
 Made with ♥ from the [Mashape][mashape-url] team
 
+[unirest-logo]: http://cl.ly/image/2P373Y090s2O/Image%202015-10-12%20at%209.48.06%20PM.png
+
+
 [mashape-url]: https://www.mashape.com/
 
 [license-url]: https://github.com/Mashape/unirest-php/blob/master/LICENSE

src/Unirest/Request.php

@@ -110,10 +110,11 @@ class Request
      * Set curl options to send on every request
      *
      * @param array $options options array
+     * @return array
      */
-    public static function curlOpts($opts)
+    public static function curlOpts($options)
     {
-        return array_merge(self::$curlOpts, $opts);
+        return self::mergeCurlOptions(self::$curlOpts, $options);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -387,9 +388,6 @@ 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);
 
@@ -408,7 +406,7 @@ class Request
             $url .= urldecode(http_build_query(self::buildHTTPCurlQuery($body)));
         }
 
-        curl_setopt_array(self::$handle, array(
+        $curl_base_options = [
             CURLOPT_URL => self::encodeUrl($url),
             CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
             CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
@@ -420,7 +418,9 @@ class Request
             CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => self::$verifyHost === false ? 0 : 2,
             // If an empty string, '', is set, a header containing all supported encoding types is sent
             CURLOPT_ENCODING => ''
-        ));
+        ];
+
+        curl_setopt_array(self::$handle, self::mergeCurlOptions($curl_base_options, self::$curlOpts));
 
         if (self::$socketTimeout !== null) {
             curl_setopt(self::$handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, self::$socketTimeout);
@@ -558,4 +558,15 @@ class Request
         $key = trim(strtolower($key));
         return $key . ': ' . $val;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $existing_options
+     * @param array $new_options
+     * @return array
+     */
+    private static function mergeCurlOptions(&$existing_options, $new_options)
+    {
+        $existing_options = $new_options + $existing_options;
+        return $existing_options;
+    }
 }