$url = 'http://server.com/path';
$data = array('key1' => 'value1', 'key2' => 'value2');
// use key 'http' even if you send the request to https://...
$options = array(
'http' => array(
'header' => "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n",
'method' => 'POST',
'content' => http_build_query($data)
)
);
$context = stream_context_create($options);
$result = file_get_contents($url, false, $context);
if ($result === FALSE) { /* Handle error */ }
var_dump($result);
See the PHP manual for more information on the method and how to add headers, for example:
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