Create etherpad with this script

gistfile1.php

<?php

$padId = 'testingmoreplease';
$domain = "http://piratepad.net";

$ch = curl_init();

# for debugging
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);

# parse cookies and follow all redirects
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, '/dev/null');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);

# first, post to get a cookie
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $domain . '/ep/pad/create');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, 'padId=' . urlencode($padId));
$result = curl_exec($ch);

# next, post to actually create the etherpad
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $domain . '/ep/pad/create');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, 'padId=' . urlencode($padId));
$result = curl_exec($ch);

curl_close($ch);