/**
* Make a request to the database webservice.
*
* @param string $method The HTTP method to use [POST, PUT, GET].
* @param string $url The URL to send the request to.
* @param array|string $data The data to send along with the request.
*
* @return mixed the answer from the database webservice
*/
protected function request($method, $url, $data = null)
{
switch ($method) {
case "POST":
$this->curl->setOption(CURLOPT_POST, 1);
if ($data) {
$this->curl->setOption(CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
}
break;
case "PUT":
$this->curl->setOption(CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "PUT");
if ($data) {
$this->curl->setOption(CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($data));
}
break;
default:
if ($data) {
$url = sprintf("%s?%s", $url, http_build_query($data));
}
}
$this->curl->setOption(CURLOPT_URL, $url);
$this->curl->setOption(CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$result = $this->curl->execute();
$this->curl->close();
return $result;
}
