/**
  * Redirects to the twitter to get authenticated.
  * 
  * @since       1.3.0
  * @since       2.4.5       Moved from the admin page class.
  * @remark      This is redirected from the "Connect to Twitter" button.
  */
 private function _redirect()
 {
     /* Build TwitterOAuth object with client credentials. */
     $_oConnect = new FetchTweets_TwitterOAuth(FetchTweets_Commons::ConsumerKey, FetchTweets_Commons::ConsumerSecret);
     /* Get temporary credentials - Requesting authentication tokens, the parameter is the URL we will be redirected to. */
     $_aRequestToken = $_oConnect->getRequestToken(add_query_arg(array('post_type' => 'fetch_tweets', 'page' => 'fetch_tweets_settings', 'tab' => 'twitter_callback'), admin_url($GLOBALS['pagenow'])));
     /* Save temporary credentials to transient. */
     $_aTemporaryTokens = array();
     $_aTemporaryTokens['oauth_token'] = $_aRequestToken['oauth_token'];
     $_aTemporaryTokens['oauth_token_secret'] = $_aRequestToken['oauth_token_secret'];
     FetchTweets_WPUtilities::setTransient(FetchTweets_Commons::TransientPrefix . '_oauth', $_aTemporaryTokens, 60 * 10);
     // 10 minutes
     /* If last connection failed don't display authorization link. */
     switch ($_oConnect->http_code) {
         case 200:
             /* Build authorize URL and redirect user to Twitter. */
             wp_redirect($_oConnect->getAuthorizeURL($_aTemporaryTokens['oauth_token']));
             // goes to twitter.com
             break;
         default:
             /* Show notification if something went wrong. */
             die(__('Could not connect to Twitter. Refresh the page or try again later.', 'fetch-tweets'));
     }
     exit;
 }
 public function replyToSubmitField()
 {
     $_aParams = func_get_args();
     FetchTweets_WPUtilities::clearTransients();
     $_oFactory = $_aParams[2];
     $_oFactory->setSettingNotice(__('The caches have been cleared.', 'fetch-tweets'));
 }
 /**
  * 
  * @see            https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/application/rate_limit_status
  */
 public function getStatus()
 {
     // Return the cached response if available.
     $_sCacheID = FetchTweets_Commons::TransientPrefix . '_' . md5(serialize(array($this->sConsumerKey, $this->sConsumerSecret, $this->sAccessToken, $this->sAccessSecret)));
     $_vData = FetchTweets_WPUtilities::getTransient($_sCacheID);
     if (false !== $_vData) {
         return $_vData;
     }
     // Perform the requests.
     $_oConnect = new FetchTweets_TwitterOAuth($this->sConsumerKey, $this->sConsumerSecret, $this->sAccessToken, $this->sAccessSecret);
     $_aUser = $_oConnect->get('account/verify_credentials');
     // If the user id could not be retrieved, it means it failed.
     if (!isset($_aUser['id']) || !$_aUser['id']) {
         return array();
     }
     // Otherwise, it is okay. Retrieve the current status.
     $_aStatusKeys = apply_filters('fetch_tweets_filter_request_rate_limit_status_keys', array('statuses', 'search', 'lists'));
     // keys can be added such as 'help', 'users' etc
     $_aStatus = $_oConnect->get('https://api.twitter.com/1.1/application/rate_limit_status.json?resources=' . implode(',', $_aStatusKeys));
     // Set the cache.
     $_aData = is_array($_aStatus) ? $_aUser + $_aStatus : $_aUser;
     FetchTweets_WPUtilities::setTransient($_sCacheID, $_aData, 60);
     // stores the cache only for 60 seconds.
     return $_aData;
 }
 /**
  * Receives the callback from Twitter authentication and saves the access token.
  * 
  * @remark      This method is triggered when the user get redirected back to the admin page
  * @since       1.3.0       
  * @since       2.4.5       Moved from the admin page class.
  */
 private function _handleAuthenticationCallback()
 {
     /* If the oauth_token is old redirect to the authentication page. */
     $_aTemporaryTokens = FetchTweets_WPUtilities::getTransient(FetchTweets_Commons::TransientPrefix . '_oauth');
     if (false === $_aTemporaryTokens || !isset($_aTemporaryTokens['oauth_token'], $_aTemporaryTokens['oauth_token_secret'])) {
         exit(wp_redirect(add_query_arg(array('post_type' => 'fetch_tweets', 'page' => 'fetch_tweets_settings', 'tab' => 'authentication'), admin_url($GLOBALS['pagenow']))));
     }
     $_oOption =& $GLOBALS['oFetchTweets_Option'];
     /* Create TwitterOAuth object with app key/secret and token key/secret from default phase */
     $_oConnect = new FetchTweets_TwitterOAuth(FetchTweets_Commons::ConsumerKey, FetchTweets_Commons::ConsumerSecret, $_aTemporaryTokens['oauth_token'], $_aTemporaryTokens['oauth_token_secret']);
     /* Request access tokens from twitter */
     $_aAccessTokens = $_oConnect->getAccessToken($_REQUEST['oauth_verifier']);
     /* $_aAccessTokens Looks like this
        'oauth_token' => string 'asxxx-sxxx...' (length=50)
        'oauth_token_secret' => string 'xxx....' (length=41)
        'user_id' => string '132.....' (length=10)
        'screen_name' => string 'my_screen_name' (length=9) */
     /* Save the access tokens. Normally these would be saved in a database for future use. */
     $_oOption->saveCredentials(array('access_token' => $_aAccessTokens['oauth_token'], 'access_secret' => $_aAccessTokens['oauth_token_secret'], 'screen_name' => $_aAccessTokens['screen_name'], 'user_id' => $_aAccessTokens['user_id'], 'is_connected' => true, 'connect_method' => 'oauth'));
     /* If HTTP response is 200 continue otherwise send to connect page to retry */
     if (200 == $_oConnect->http_code) {
         /* The user has been verified */
         $_sRediretURL = add_query_arg(array('post_type' => 'fetch_tweets', 'page' => 'fetch_tweets_settings', 'tab' => 'twitter_connect'), admin_url($GLOBALS['pagenow']));
     } else {
         /* Save HTTP status for error dialogue on authentication page.*/
         // Let the user set authentication keys manually
         $_sRediretURL = add_query_arg(array('post_type' => 'fetch_tweets', 'page' => 'fetch_tweets_settings', 'tab' => 'authentication'), admin_url($GLOBALS['pagenow']));
     }
     exit(wp_redirect($_sRediretURL));
 }
 public function fetchFeed($vURLs, $numItems = 0, $fCacheRenew = false)
 {
     $arrURLs = is_array($vURLs) ? $vURLs : (array) $vURLs;
     $strURLID = md5(serialize($arrURLs));
     if (!isset($this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID]) && $fCacheRenew == false) {
         $this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID] = FetchTweets_WPUtilities::getTransient($this->strTransientPrefix . $strURLID, array());
         unset($this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID][0]);
         // casting array causes the 0 key,
     }
     // If it's out of stock, fill the array by fetching the feed.
     if (empty($this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID])) {
         // When an array of urls is passed to the Simple Pie's set_feed_url() method, the memory usage increases largely.
         // So fetch the feeds one by one per url and store the output into an array.
         foreach ($arrURLs as $strURL) {
             $oFeed = $this->getFeedObj($strURL, null, $fCacheRenew ? 0 : 3600);
             foreach ($oFeed->get_items() as $oItem) {
                 // foreach ( $oFeed->get_items( 0, $numItems * 3 ) as $item ) does not change the memory usage
                 $this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID][$oItem->get_title()] = array('strContent' => $oItem->get_content(), 'description' => $oItem->get_description(), 'title' => $oItem->get_title(), 'strDate' => $oItem->get_title(), 'strAuthor' => $oItem->get_date('j F Y, g:i a'), 'strLink' => $oItem->get_permalink());
             }
             // For PHP below 5.3 to release the memory.
             $oFeed->__destruct();
             // Do what PHP should be doing on it's own.
             unset($oFeed);
         }
         // This life span should be little longer than the feed cache life span, which is 1700.
         FetchTweets_WPUtilities::setTransient($this->strTransientPrefix . $strURLID, $this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID], 1800);
         // 30 minutes
     }
     $arrOut = $this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID];
     if ($numItems) {
         array_splice($arrOut, ${$numItems});
     }
     return $arrOut;
 }
 /**
  * Sets the given transient.
  * @since 2.3.7
  */
 public static function setTransient($sTransientKey, $vValue, $iExpiration = 0)
 {
     // temporarily disable $_wp_using_ext_object_cache
     global $_wp_using_ext_object_cache;
     $_bWpUsingExtObjectCacheTemp = $_wp_using_ext_object_cache;
     $_wp_using_ext_object_cache = false;
     self::$_bIsNetworkAdmin = isset(self::$_bIsNetworkAdmin) ? self::$_bIsNetworkAdmin : is_network_admin();
     // Do not allow 0 because the table row will be autoloaded and it consumes the server memory.
     $iExpiration = 0 == $iExpiration ? 99999 : $iExpiration;
     $_vTransient = self::$_bIsNetworkAdmin ? set_site_transient($sTransientKey, $vValue, $iExpiration) : set_transient($sTransientKey, $vValue, $iExpiration);
     // reset prior value of $_wp_using_ext_object_cache
     $_wp_using_ext_object_cache = $_bWpUsingExtObjectCacheTemp;
     return $_vTransient;
 }
 /**
  * Checks if the Disconnect button is pressed and if so deletes the credentials from the options.
  * 
  * @since   2.4.5
  */
 public function replyToValidatePage($aInput, $aOldInput, $oFactory, $aSubmitInformation)
 {
     if ('disconnect_from_twitter' !== $aSubmitInformation['field_id']) {
         return $aInput;
     }
     $_oOption = $GLOBALS['oFetchTweets_Option'];
     // If the Disconnect button is pressed.
     $aInput = is_array($aInput) ? $aInput : array();
     // the transient needs to be removed
     FetchTweets_WPUtilities::deleteTransient(FetchTweets_Commons::TransientPrefix . '_' . md5(serialize(array($_oOption->getConsumerKey(), $_oOption->getConsumerSecret(), $_oOption->getAccessToken(), $_oOption->getAccessTokenSecret()))));
     FetchTweets_WPUtilities::deleteTransient(FetchTweets_Commons::TransientPrefix . '_' . md5(serialize(array(FetchTweets_Commons::ConsumerKey, FetchTweets_Commons::ConsumerSecret, $_oOption->getAccessTokenAuto(), $_oOption->getAccessTokenSecretAuto()))));
     $aInput['authentication_keys'] = array();
     $aInput['twitter_connect'] = array();
     do_action('fetch_tweets_action_updated_credentials', array());
     return $aInput;
 }
 /**
  * Returns an array of lists received from the previous page; otherwise, fetches lists from the set screen name.
  * 
  */
 protected function _getLists($sScreenName = '', $iAccountID = 0)
 {
     // If the cache is set from the previous page, use that.
     $sListTransient = isset($_GET['list_cache']) ? $_GET['list_cache'] : '';
     if (!empty($sListTransient)) {
         $aLists = FetchTweets_WPUtilities::getTransient($sListTransient, array());
         FetchTweets_WPUtilities::deleteTransient($sListTransient);
         return $aLists;
     }
     if (empty($sScreenName)) {
         return array();
     }
     // Fetch lists from the given screen name.
     $_oOption =& $GLOBALS['oFetchTweets_Option'];
     $_aCredentials = $_oOption->getCredentialsByID($iAccountID);
     $oFetch = new FetchTweets_Fetch($_aCredentials['consumer_key'], $_aCredentials['consumer_secret'], $_aCredentials['access_token'], $_aCredentials['access_secret']);
     $aLists = $oFetch->getListNamesFromScreenName($sScreenName, $iAccountID);
     return $aLists;
 }
 protected function fetchItems($arrURLs, $numItems = 1)
 {
     $strURLID = md5(serialize(is_string($arrURLs) ? array($arrURLs) : $arrURLs));
     // Prepare the feed items
     if (!isset($this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID])) {
         $this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID] = FetchTweets_WPUtilities::getTransient($this->strTransientPrefix . $strURLID, array());
         $this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID] = array_filter($this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID]);
         // casting array causes the 0 key
     }
     // If it's out of stock, fill the array by fetching the feed.
     shuffle($this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID]);
     $this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID] = array_unique($this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID]);
     if (count($this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID]) < $numItems) {
         $oReplace = new FetchTweets_HTMLElementReplacer(get_bloginfo('charset'));
         // When an array of urls is passed to the Simple Pie's set_feed_url() method, the memory usage increases largely.
         // So fetch the feeds one by one per url and store the output into an array.
         foreach ($arrURLs as $strURL) {
             $oFeed = $this->getFeedObj($strURL, $numItems * 10);
             // multiplied by three to store items more than enough for next calls.
             foreach ($oFeed->get_items() as $_oItem) {
                 // foreach ( $oFeed->get_items( 0, $numItems * 3 ) as $item ) does not change the memory usage
                 $this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID][] = $oReplace->Perform($_oItem->get_content());
             }
             // For PHP below 5.3 to release the memory.
             $oFeed->__destruct();
             // Do what PHP should be doing on it's own.
             unset($oFeed);
         }
         unset($oReplace);
         // This life span should be little longer than the feed cache life span, which is 1700.
         set_transient($this->strTransientPrefix . $strURLID, $this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID], 1800);
         // 30 minutes
     }
     $this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID] = array_unique($this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID]);
     shuffle($this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID]);
     $_sOut = '';
     for ($i = 1; $i <= $numItems; $i++) {
         $_sOut .= array_pop($this->arrFeedItems[$strURLID]);
     }
     return $_sOut;
 }
 /**
  * Returns the thumbnail url.
  * @since       2.3.9
  */
 public function getThumbnailURL()
 {
     return FetchTweets_WPUtilities::getSRCFromPath($this->getThumbnailPath());
 }
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 /**
  * Re-saves the cache after adding oEmbed elements.
  * 
  * @since            1.3.0
  */
 public function _replyToAddOEmbedElements($sRequestURI)
 {
     $strTransientKey = FetchTweets_Commons::TransientPrefix . "_" . md5($sRequestURI);
     // Check if the transient is locked
     $strLockTransient = FetchTweets_Commons::TransientPrefix . '_' . md5("LockOEm_" . trim($strTransientKey));
     // up to 40 characters, the prefix can be up to 8 characters
     if (false !== FetchTweets_WPUtilities::getTransient($strLockTransient)) {
         return;
         // it means the cache is being modified.
     }
     // Set a lock flag transient that indicates the transient is being renewed.
     FetchTweets_WPUtilities::setTransient($strLockTransient, true, FetchTweets_Utilities::getAllowedMaxExecutionTime());
     // Perform oEmbed caching - no API request will be performed
     $oFetch = new FetchTweets_Fetch();
     // structure: array( 'mod' => time(), 'data' => $this->oBase64->encode( $vData ) ),
     $arrTransient = $oFetch->getTransient($strTransientKey);
     // If the mandatory keys are not set, it's broken.
     if (!isset($arrTransient['mod'], $arrTransient['data'])) {
         FetchTweets_WPUtilities::deleteTransient($strTransientKey);
         return;
     }
     $arrTweets = (array) $this->oBase64->decode($arrTransient['data']);
     $oFetch->addEmbeddableMediaElements($arrTweets);
     // the array is passed as reference.
     // Re-save the cache.
     // FetchTweets_Debug::logArray( 'saving oembed transient' );
     $oFetch->setTransient($sRequestURI, $arrTweets, $arrTransient['mod'], true);
     // the method handles the encoding.
     // Delete the lock transient
     FetchTweets_WPUtilities::deleteTransient($strLockTransient);
 }
 /**
  * A wrapper method for the get_transient() function.
  * 
  * This method does retrieves the transient with the given transient key. In addition, it checks if it is an array; otherwise, it makes it an array.
  * 
  * @access            public
  * @since            1.2.0
  * @since            1.3.0                Made it public as the event method uses it.
  */
 public function getTransient($sTransientKey, $fForceArray = true)
 {
     $_vData = FetchTweets_WPUtilities::getTransient($sTransientKey);
     // if it's false, no transient is stored. Otherwise, some values are in there.
     if (false === $_vData) {
         return false;
     }
     // If it does not have to be an array. Return the raw result.
     if (!$fForceArray) {
         return $_vData;
     }
     // If it's array, okay.
     if (is_array($_vData)) {
         return $_vData;
     }
     // Maybe it's encoded
     if (is_string($_vData) && is_serialized($_vData)) {
         return unserialize($_vData);
     }
     // Maybe it's an object. In that case, convert it to an associative array.
     if (is_object($_vData)) {
         return get_object_vars($_vData);
     }
     // It's an unknown type. So cast array and return it.
     return (array) $_vData;
 }
 /**
  * Formats the template array.
  * 
  * Takes care of formatting change through version updates.
  * 
  * @since       2.3.9               
  * @return      array|boolean       Formatted template array. If the passed value is not an array 
  * or something wrong with the template array, false will be returned.
  */
 protected function _formatTemplateArray($aTemplate)
 {
     if (!is_array($aTemplate)) {
         return false;
     }
     $aTemplate = $aTemplate + self::$aStructure_Template;
     // for backward compatibility
     $aTemplate = $this->_formatTemplateArrayLegacy($aTemplate);
     // format
     $aTemplate['sDirPath'] = isset($aTemplate['sDirPath']) ? $aTemplate['sDirPath'] : $aTemplate['strDirPath'];
     $aTemplate['sRelativeDirPath'] = isset($aTemplate['sRelativeDirPath']) ? $aTemplate['sRelativeDirPath'] : $aTemplate['strDirRelativePath'];
     $aTemplate['sSlug'] = isset($aTemplate['sSlug']) ? $aTemplate['sSlug'] : $aTemplate['sRelativeDirPath'];
     $aTemplate['sOldSlug'] = isset($aTemplate['sOldSlug']) ? $aTemplate['sOldSlug'] : $aTemplate['strSlug'];
     $aTemplate['sName'] = isset($aTemplate['sName']) ? $aTemplate['sName'] : $aTemplate['strName'];
     $aTemplate['sDescription'] = isset($aTemplate['sDescription']) ? $aTemplate['sDescription'] : $aTemplate['strDescription'];
     $aTemplate['sVersion'] = isset($aTemplate['sVersion']) ? $aTemplate['sVersion'] : $aTemplate['strVersion'];
     $aTemplate['sAuthor'] = isset($aTemplate['sAuthor']) ? $aTemplate['sAuthor'] : $aTemplate['strAuthor'];
     $aTemplate['sAuthorURI'] = isset($aTemplate['sAuthorURI']) ? $aTemplate['sAuthorURI'] : $aTemplate['strAuthorURI'];
     $aTemplate['bIsActive'] = isset($aTemplate['bIsActive']) ? $aTemplate['bIsActive'] : $aTemplate['fIsActive'];
     $aTemplate['bIsDefault'] = isset($aTemplate['bIsDefault']) ? $aTemplate['bIsDefault'] : $aTemplate['fIsDefault'];
     $aTemplate['iIndex'] = isset($aTemplate['iIndex']) ? $aTemplate['iIndex'] : $aTemplate['intIndex'];
     // Check mandatory files. Consider the possibility that the user may directly delete the template files/folders.
     if (!FetchTweets_WPUtilities::getReadableFilePath($aTemplate['sDirPath'] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'style.css', $aTemplate['sRelativeDirPath'] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'style.css')) {
         return false;
     }
     if (!FetchTweets_WPUtilities::getReadableFilePath($aTemplate['sDirPath'] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'template.php', $aTemplate['sRelativeDirPath'] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'template.php')) {
         return false;
     }
     return $aTemplate;
 }
 /**
  * Loads the file of active template of the given file name.
  * 
  * @since       2.3.9
  * @param       string      $sFileName      The file base name with file extension to load.
  * @param       string      $sMethod        The method to load. Either 'include' or 'enqueue_style' is accepted. Use 'enqueue_style' for styles.
  */
 private function _loadFileOfActiveTemplatesByFileName($sFileName = 'functions.php', $sMethod = 'include')
 {
     $_oOption = FetchTweets_Option::getInstance();
     foreach ($_oOption->getActiveTemplates() as $_aTemplate) {
         $_oTemplate = new FetchTweets_Template($_aTemplate['sSlug']);
         $_sFilePath = $_oTemplate->getPathByFileName($sFileName);
         if (!$_sFilePath) {
             continue;
         }
         if (in_array($_sFilePath, self::$_aLoaded)) {
             continue;
         }
         self::$_aLoaded[$_sFilePath] = $_sFilePath;
         switch ($sMethod) {
             default:
             case 'include':
                 include $_sFilePath;
                 break;
             case 'enqueue_style':
                 wp_register_style("fetch-tweets-" . md5($_aTemplate['sDirPath']), FetchTweets_WPUtilities::getSRCFromPath($_sFilePath));
                 wp_enqueue_style("fetch-tweets-" . md5($_aTemplate['sDirPath']));
                 break;
         }
     }
 }
 public function _replyToDoWhenPluginDeactivates()
 {
     FetchTweets_WPUtilities::clearTransients();
 }
 /**
  * Validates submitted form data of the page. 
  * @remark validation_{page slug}
  * 
  * @since       unknown
  * @since       2.4.5       Changed the name from 'validation_fetch_tweets_add_rule_by_list'.
  */
 public function validatePageFormData($aInput, $aOldInput, $oFactory, $aSubmitInformation)
 {
     // Check if the input has been properly sent.
     if (!isset($aInput['add_rule_by_list']['list_owner_screen_name'], $aInput['add_rule_by_list']['list_owner_accounts'])) {
         $oFactory->setSettingNotice(__('Something went wrong. Your input could not be received. Try again and if this happens again, contact the developer.', 'fetch-tweets'));
         return $aOldInput;
     }
     $_aCredentials = $this->_getCredentiaslByAccountID($aInput['add_rule_by_list']['list_owner_accounts']);
     // Variables
     $_aErrors = array();
     // error array
     $_iAccountID = $aInput['add_rule_by_list']['list_owner_accounts'] == -1 ? 0 : $aInput['add_rule_by_list']['list_owner_accounts'];
     $_sOwnerScreenName = $aInput['add_rule_by_list']['list_owner_accounts'] == '-1' ? $aInput['add_rule_by_list']['list_owner_screen_name'] : $_aCredentials['screen_name'];
     // The list owner screen name must be provided.
     if (empty($_sOwnerScreenName)) {
         $_aErrors['add_rule_by_list']['list_owner_screen_name'] = __('The screen name of the list owner must be specified: ') . $_sOwnerScreenName;
         $oFactory->setFieldErrors($_aErrors);
         $oFactory->setSettingNotice(__('There was an error in your input.', 'fetch-tweets'));
         return $aOldInput;
     }
     // Fetch the lists by the screen name.
     $_oFetch = new FetchTweets_Fetch($_aCredentials['consumer_key'], $_aCredentials['consumer_secret'], $_aCredentials['access_token'], $_aCredentials['access_secret']);
     $_aLists = $_oFetch->getListNamesFromScreenName($_sOwnerScreenName, $_iAccountID);
     if (empty($_aLists)) {
         $oFactory->setSettingNotice(__('No list found.', 'fetch-tweets'));
         return $aOldInput;
     }
     // Set the transient of the fetched IDs. This will be used right next page load.
     $_sListCacheID = uniqid();
     FetchTweets_WPUtilities::setTransient($_sListCacheID, $_aLists, 60);
     exit(wp_redirect(add_query_arg(array('post_type' => FetchTweets_Commons::PostTypeSlug, 'tweet_type' => 'list', 'list_cache' => $_sListCacheID, 'screen_name' => $_sOwnerScreenName, 'account_id' => $_iAccountID), admin_url('post-new.php'))));
 }
 /**
  * A callback for the accessSiteAtShutDown() method.
  * 
  * @since            1.0.0
  */
 public static function _replyToAccessSite()
 {
     // Retrieve the plugin scheduled tasks array.
     $_sTransientName = md5(get_class());
     $_aTasks = FetchTweets_WPUtilities::getTransient($_sTransientName);
     $_aTasks = $_aTasks ? $_aTasks : array();
     $_nNow = microtime(true);
     // Check the excessive background call protection interval
     if (!self::$_fIgnoreLock) {
         $_nCalled = isset($_aTasks['called']) ? $_aTasks['called'] : 0;
         if ($_nCalled + self::$_iLockBackgroundCallInterval > $_nNow) {
             return;
             // if it's called within 10 seconds from the last time of calling this method, do nothing to avoid excessive calls.
         }
     }
     // Renew the called time.
     $_aFlagKeys = array('called' => $_nNow);
     FetchTweets_WPUtilities::setTransient($_sTransientName, $_aFlagKeys + $_aTasks, self::getAllowedMaxExecutionTime());
     // set a locked key so it prevents duplicated function calls due to too many calls caused by simultaneous accesses.
     // Compose a GET query array
     $_aGet = self::$_aGet;
     if (defined('WP_DEBUG')) {
         $_aGet['debug'] = WP_DEBUG;
     }
     unset($_aGet[0]);
     // Load the site in the background.
     wp_remote_get(site_url('?' . http_build_query($_aGet)), array('timeout' => 0.01, 'sslverify' => false, 'cookies' => $_aFlagKeys + array($_sTransientName => true)));
 }