Curl

curl

		$server = $this->getRequest()->getServer();

		$curl = curl_init();

		curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
		curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
		curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, true);
		curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
		curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 90); // times out after 90s
		curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($params));
		curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
		curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $server['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);

		$result = curl_exec($curl);

		if(!$result){
			$this->_helper->log()->err(curl_error($curl));
			$this->view->messenger()->addError($this->view->t('Error accessing payment service.'));
		}

		curl_close ($curl);