public function __construct() {
		$curl = curl_version();
		$this->version = $curl['version_number'];
		$this->handle = curl_init();

		curl_setopt($this->handle, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
		curl_setopt($this->handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
		if ($this->version >= self::CURL_7_10_5) {
			curl_setopt($this->handle, CURLOPT_ENCODING, '');
		}
		if (defined('CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS')) {
			curl_setopt($this->handle, CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS, CURLPROTO_HTTP | CURLPROTO_HTTPS);
		}
		if (defined('CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS')) {
			curl_setopt($this->handle, CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS, CURLPROTO_HTTP | CURLPROTO_HTTPS);
		}
	}