Make a simple post request without the use of curl

quick_post_no_curl.php

<?php
function quick_post_no_curl($url, $form_data){
    // use key 'http' even if you send the request to https://...
    $options = array(
        'http' => array(
            'header'  => "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n",
            'method'  => 'POST',
            'content' => http_build_query($form_data)
        )
    );
    $context  = stream_context_create($options);
    $result = file_get_contents($url, false, $context);
    
    if ($result === FALSE) { 
        return false;
    } else {
        return $result;
    }
}