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OAuth::setAuthType

(PECL OAuth >= 0.99.1)

OAuth::setAuthType — Set authorization type

public OAuth::setAuthType(int $auth_type): bool

Set where the OAuth parameters should be passed.

auth_type

auth_type can be one of the following flags (in order of decreasing preference as per OAuth 1.0 section 5.2):

OAUTH_AUTH_TYPE_AUTHORIZATION: Pass the OAuth parameters in the HTTP Authorization header.
OAUTH_AUTH_TYPE_FORM: Append the OAuth parameters to the HTTP POST request body.
OAUTH_AUTH_TYPE_URI: Append the OAuth parameters to the request URI.
OAUTH_AUTH_TYPE_NONE: None.

Returns true if a parameter is correctly set, otherwise false (e.g., if an invalid auth_type is passed in.)

Version	Description
PECL oauth 1.0.0	Previously returned `null` on failure, instead of `false`.

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