wp-includes/class-wp-http.php:1057Handles an HTTP redirect and follows it if appropriate.
$urlstring$argsarray$responsearrayarray|false|WP_Error public static function handle_redirects( $url, $args, $response ) { // If no redirects are present, or, redirects were not requested, perform no action. if ( ! isset( $response['headers']['location'] ) || 0 === $args['_redirection'] ) { return false; } // Only perform redirections on redirection http codes. if ( $response['response']['code'] > 399 || $response['response']['code'] < 300 ) { return false; } // Don't redirect if we've run out of redirects. if ( $args['redirection']-- <= 0 ) { return new WP_Error( 'http_request_failed', __( 'Too many redirects.' ) ); } $redirect_location = $response['headers']['location']; // If there were multiple Location headers, use the last header specified. if ( is_array( $redirect_location ) ) { $redirect_location = array_pop( $redirect_location ); } $redirect_location = self::make_absolute_url( $redirect_location, $url ); // POST requests should not POST to a redirected location. if ( 'POST' === $args['method'] ) { if ( in_array( $response['response']['code'], array( 302, 303 ), true ) ) { $args['method'] = 'GET'; } } // Include valid cookies in the redirect process. if ( ! empty( $response['cookies'] ) ) { foreach ( $response['cookies'] as $cookie ) { if ( $cookie->test( $redirect_location ) ) { $args['cookies'][] = $cookie; } } } return wp_remote_request( $redirect_location, $args ); }Introduced in 3.7.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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