/**
 * HTTP API: WP_Http_Curl class
 *
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage HTTP
 * @since 4.4.0
 */

/**
 * Core class used to integrate Curl as an HTTP transport.
 *
 * HTTP request method uses Curl extension to retrieve the url.
 *
 * Requires the Curl extension to be installed.
 *
 * @since 2.7.0
 * @deprecated 6.4.0 Use WP_Http
 * @see WP_Http
 */
#[AllowDynamicProperties]
class WP_Http_Curl {

	/**
	 * Temporary header storage for during requests.
	 *
	 * @since 3.2.0
	 * @var string
	 */
	private $headers = '';

	/**
	 * Temporary body storage for during requests.
	 *
	 * @since 3.6.0
	 * @var string
	 */
	private $body = '';

	/**
	 * The maximum amount of data to receive from the remote server.
	 *
	 * @since 3.6.0
	 * @var int|false
	 */
	private $max_body_length = false;

	/**
	 * The file resource used for streaming to file.
	 *
	 * @since 3.6.0
	 * @var resource|false
	 */
	private $stream_handle = false;

	/**
	 * The total bytes written in the current request.
	 *
	 * @since 4.1.0
	 * @var int
	 */
	private $bytes_written_total = 0;

	/**
	 * Send a HTTP request to a URI using cURL extension.
	 *
	 * @since 2.7.0
	 *
	 * @param string       $url  The request URL.
	 * @param string|array $args Optional. Override the defaults.
	 * @return array|WP_Error Array containing 'headers', 'body', 'response', 'cookies', 'filename'. A WP_Error instance upon error
	 */
	public function request( $url, $args = array() ) {
		$defaults = array(
			'method'      => 'GET',
			'timeout'     => 5,
			'redirection' => 5,
			'httpversion' => '1.0',
			'blocking'    => true,
			'headers'     => array(),
			'body'        => null,
			'cookies'     => array(),
			'decompress'  => false,
			'stream'      => false,
			'filename'    => null,
		);

		$parsed_args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );

		if ( isset( $parsed_args['headers']['User-Agent'] ) ) {
			$parsed_args['user-agent'] = $parsed_args['headers']['User-Agent'];
			unset( $parsed_args['headers']['User-Agent'] );
		} elseif ( isset( $parsed_args['headers']['user-agent'] ) ) {
			$parsed_args['user-agent'] = $parsed_args['headers']['user-agent'];
			unset( $parsed_args['headers']['user-agent'] );
		}

		// Construct Cookie: header if any cookies are set.
		WP_Http::buildCookieHeader( $parsed_args );

		$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() );
			}
		}

		$is_local   = isset( $parsed_args['local'] ) && $parsed_args['local'];
		$ssl_verify = isset( $parsed_args['sslverify'] ) && $parsed_args['sslverify'];
		if ( $is_local ) {
			/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/class-wp-http-streams.php */
			$ssl_verify = apply_filters( 'https_local_ssl_verify', $ssl_verify, $url );
		} elseif ( ! $is_local ) {
			/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/class-wp-http.php */
			$ssl_verify = apply_filters( 'https_ssl_verify', $ssl_verify, $url );
		}

		/*
		 * CURLOPT_TIMEOUT and CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT expect integers. Have to use ceil since.
		 * a value of 0 will allow an unlimited timeout.
		 */
		$timeout = (int) ceil( $parsed_args['timeout'] );
		curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $timeout );
		curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $timeout );

		curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_URL, $url );
		curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
		curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, ( true === $ssl_verify ) ? 2 : false );
		curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, $ssl_verify );

		if ( $ssl_verify ) {
			curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_CAINFO, $parsed_args['sslcertificates'] );
		}

		curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $parsed_args['user-agent'] );

		/*
		 * The option doesn't work with safe mode or when open_basedir is set, and there's
		 * a bug #17490 with redirected POST requests, so handle redirections outside Curl.
		 */
		curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, false );
		curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS, CURLPROTO_HTTP | CURLPROTO_HTTPS );

		switch ( $parsed_args['method'] ) {
			case 'HEAD':
				curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_NOBODY, true );
				break;
			case 'POST':
				curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_POST, true );
				curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $parsed_args['body'] );
				break;
			case 'PUT':
				curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'PUT' );
				curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $parsed_args['body'] );
				break;
			default:
				curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, $parsed_args['method'] );
				if ( ! is_null( $parsed_args['body'] ) ) {
					curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $parsed_args['body'] );
				}
				break;
		}

		if ( true === $parsed_args['blocking'] ) {
			curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, array( $this, 'stream_headers' ) );
			curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, array( $this, 'stream_body' ) );
		}

		curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_HEADER, false );

		if ( isset( $parsed_args['limit_response_size'] ) ) {
			$this->max_body_length = (int) $parsed_args['limit_response_size'];
		} else {
			$this->max_body_length = false;
		}

		// If streaming to a file open a file handle, and setup our curl streaming handler.
		if ( $parsed_args['stream'] ) {
			if ( ! WP_DEBUG ) {
				$this->stream_handle = @fopen( $parsed_args['filename'], 'w+' );
			} else {
				$this->stream_handle = fopen( $parsed_args['filename'], 'w+' );
			}
			if ( ! $this->stream_handle ) {
				return new WP_Error(
					'http_request_failed',
					sprintf(
						/* translators: 1: fopen(), 2: File name. */
						__( 'Could not open handle for %1$s to %2$s.' ),
						'fopen()',
						$parsed_args['filename']
					)
				);
			}
		} else {
			$this->stream_handle = false;
		}

		if ( ! empty( $parsed_args['headers'] ) ) {
			// cURL expects full header strings in each element.
			$headers = array();
			foreach ( $parsed_args['headers'] as $name => $value ) {
				$headers[] = "{$name}: $value";
			}
			curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers );
		}

		if ( '1.0' === $parsed_args['httpversion'] ) {
			curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_0 );
		} else {
			curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1 );
		}

		/**
		 * Fires before the cURL request is executed.
		 *
		 * Cookies are not currently handled by the HTTP API. This action allows
		 * plugins to handle cookies themselves.
		 *
		 * @since 2.8.0
		 *
		 * @param resource $handle      The cURL handle returned by curl_init() (passed by reference).
		 * @param array    $parsed_args The HTTP request arguments.
		 * @param string   $url         The request URL.
		 */
		do_action_ref_array( 'http_api_curl', array( &$handle, $parsed_args, $url ) );

		// We don't need to return the body, so don't. Just execute request and return.
		if ( ! $parsed_args['blocking'] ) {
			curl_exec( $handle );

			$curl_error = curl_error( $handle );

			if ( $curl_error ) {
				if ( PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000 ) { // curl_close() has no effect as of PHP 8.0.
					curl_close( $handle );
				}

				return new WP_Error( 'http_request_failed', $curl_error );
			}

			if ( in_array( curl_getinfo( $handle, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE ), array( 301, 302 ), true ) ) {
				if ( PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000 ) { // curl_close() has no effect as of PHP 8.0.
					curl_close( $handle );
				}

				return new WP_Error( 'http_request_failed', __( 'Too many redirects.' ) );
			}

			if ( PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000 ) { // curl_close() has no effect as of PHP 8.0.
				curl_close( $handle );
			}

			return array(
				'headers'  => array(),
				'body'     => '',
				'response' => array(
					'code'    => false,
					'message' => false,
				),
				'cookies'  => array(),
			);
		}

		curl_exec( $handle );

		$processed_headers   = WP_Http::processHeaders( $this->headers, $url );
		$body                = $this->body;
		$bytes_written_total = $this->bytes_written_total;

		$this->headers             = '';
		$this->body                = '';
		$this->bytes_written_total = 0;

		$curl_error = curl_errno( $handle );

		// If an error occurred, or, no response.
		if ( $curl_error || ( 0 === strlen( $body ) && empty( $processed_headers['headers'] ) ) ) {
			if ( CURLE_WRITE_ERROR /* 23 */ === $curl_error ) {
				if ( ! $this->max_body_length || $this->max_body_length !== $bytes_written_total ) {
					if ( $parsed_args['stream'] ) {
						if ( PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000 ) { // curl_close() has no effect as of PHP 8.0.
							curl_close( $handle );
						}

						fclose( $this->stream_handle );

						return new WP_Error( 'http_request_failed', __( 'Failed to write request to temporary file.' ) );
					} else {
						if ( PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000 ) { // curl_close() has no effect as of PHP 8.0.
							curl_close( $handle );
						}

						return new WP_Error( 'http_request_failed', curl_error( $handle ) );
					}
				}
			} else {
				$curl_error = curl_error( $handle );

				if ( $curl_error ) {
					if ( PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000 ) { // curl_close() has no effect as of PHP 8.0.
						curl_close( $handle );
					}

					return new WP_Error( 'http_request_failed', $curl_error );
				}
			}

			if ( in_array( curl_getinfo( $handle, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE ), array( 301, 302 ), true ) ) {
				if ( PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000 ) { // curl_close() has no effect as of PHP 8.0.
					curl_close( $handle );
				}

				return new WP_Error( 'http_request_failed', __( 'Too many redirects.' ) );
			}
		}

		if ( PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000 ) { // curl_close() has no effect as of PHP 8.0.
			curl_close( $handle );
		}

		if ( $parsed_args['stream'] ) {
			fclose( $this->stream_handle );
		}

		$response = array(
			'headers'  => $processed_headers['headers'],
			'body'     => null,
			'response' => $processed_headers['response'],
			'cookies'  => $processed_headers['cookies'],
			'filename' => $parsed_args['filename'],
		);

		// Handle redirects.
		$redirect_response = WP_Http::handle_redirects( $url, $parsed_args, $response );
		if ( false !== $redirect_response ) {
			return $redirect_response;
		}

		if ( true === $parsed_args['decompress']
			&& true === WP_Http_Encoding::should_decode( $processed_headers['headers'] )
		) {
			$body = WP_Http_Encoding::decompress( $body );
		}

		$response['body'] = $body;

		return $response;
	}

	/**
	 * Grabs the headers of the cURL request.
	 *
	 * Each header is sent individually to this callback, and is appended to the `$header` property
	 * for temporary storage.
	 *
	 * @since 3.2.0
	 *
	 * @param resource $handle  cURL handle.
	 * @param string   $headers cURL request headers.
	 * @return int Length of the request headers.
	 */
	private function stream_headers( $handle, $headers ) {
		$this->headers .= $headers;
		return strlen( $headers );
	}

	/**
	 * Grabs the body of the cURL request.
	 *
	 * The contents of the document are passed in chunks, and are appended to the `$body`
	 * property for temporary storage. Returning a length shorter than the length of
	 * `$data` passed in will cause cURL to abort the request with `CURLE_WRITE_ERROR`.
	 *
	 * @since 3.6.0
	 *
	 * @param resource $handle cURL handle.
	 * @param string   $data   cURL request body.
	 * @return int Total bytes of data written.
	 */
	private function stream_body( $handle, $data ) {
		$data_length = strlen( $data );

		if ( $this->max_body_length && ( $this->bytes_written_total + $data_length ) > $this->max_body_length ) {
			$data_length = ( $this->max_body_length - $this->bytes_written_total );
			$data        = substr( $data, 0, $data_length );
		}

		if ( $this->stream_handle ) {
			$bytes_written = fwrite( $this->stream_handle, $data );
		} else {
			$this->body   .= $data;
			$bytes_written = $data_length;
		}

		$this->bytes_written_total += $bytes_written;

		// Upon event of this function returning less than strlen( $data ) curl will error with CURLE_WRITE_ERROR.
		return $bytes_written;
	}

	/**
	 * Determines whether this class can be used for retrieving a URL.
	 *
	 * @since 2.7.0
	 *
	 * @param array $args Optional. Array of request arguments. Default empty array.
	 * @return bool False means this class can not be used, true means it can.
	 */
	public static 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();
			// Check whether this cURL version support SSL requests.
			if ( ! ( CURL_VERSION_SSL & $curl_version['features'] ) ) {
				return false;
			}
		}

		/**
		 * Filters whether cURL can be used as a transport for retrieving a URL.
		 *
		 * @since 2.7.0
		 *
		 * @param bool  $use_class Whether the class can be used. Default true.
		 * @param array $args      An array of request arguments.
		 */
		return apply_filters( 'use_curl_transport', true, $args );
	}
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<p>In the United States, the legal age to gamble at casinos typically ranges from 18 to 21 years. For instance, in states like Nevada and New Jersey, individuals must be at least 21 years old to gamble in casinos. This age restriction is primarily enforced due to the potential risks associated with gambling, including addiction and financial loss. The rationale is that individuals aged 21 and older are generally considered to have reached a level of maturity and responsibility that allows them to engage in such activities.</p>
<p>Conversely, some states, such as New York and Illinois, permit individuals as young as 18 to enter casinos and participate in gambling activities. However, even in these states, restrictions may apply to particular forms of gambling. For example, while one may be allowed to play slot machines or table games at 18, they may still be prohibited from consuming alcohol until they are 21. This dual-age restriction reflects an effort to balance the enjoyment of gambling with the need to protect younger individuals from potential harm.</p>
<p>Internationally, the legal age for casino entry also varies. In Canada, the minimum age is usually 19, although it is 18 in some provinces like Alberta and British Columbia. In the United Kingdom, individuals can enter casinos at 18, but they must be 21 to participate in certain high-stakes games. In many Asian countries, including Macau and Singapore, the legal gambling age is set at 21, reflecting a similar concern regarding the impact of gambling on younger individuals.</p>
<p>The implications of these age restrictions are significant for casino operators. Establishing and enforcing age limits helps casinos maintain a responsible gaming environment and comply with legal standards. Failure to adhere to these regulations can result in severe penalties, including fines and the potential loss of licenses. Additionally, casinos often implement strict identification checks to ensure compliance, which can also enhance the overall security of the establishment.</p>
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