A solution to simplify the use of curl in php

Curling.class.php

<?php
/**
 * @name Curling.class.php
 *
 * Purpose: encapsulates and simplifies curl functionality
 * 
 * @author Chad G. Hansen
 */
class Curling
{
	/**
	* @name sendGET
	* @param $url - the url where the request should be sent.
	* @param $params - a query string without the question mark (?).
	* @param $return - true or false indicating whether you are expecting something back from the request.
	* @return the html or string that is returned from the desired web site, or
	* a plain text string explaining the error that occured.
	*/
	public static function sendGET($url, $params = "", $return = true)
	{
		$params = trim($params);
		$conn = curl_init();
		curl_setopt($conn, CURLOPT_URL, $url . ($params == "" ? "" : "?") . ($params == "" ? "" : $params));
		curl_setopt($conn, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
		curl_setopt($conn, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, $return);
		//curl_setopt($conn, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);

		if (($rtn = curl_exec($conn)) === false)
		{
			$rtn = curl_error($conn);
		}
		$code = curl_getinfo($conn, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
		curl_close($conn);
		return array($code, $rtn);		
	}

	/**
	* @name sendPOST
	* @param $url - the url where the request should be sent.
	* @param $params - a query string without the question mark (?).
	* @param $return - true or false indicating whether you are expecting something back from the request.
	* @return the html or string that is returned from the desired web site, or
	* a plain text string explaining the error that occured.
	*/
	public static function sendPOST($url, $params = "", $return = true)
	{
		$params = trim($params);
		$conn = curl_init();
		curl_setopt($conn, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
		curl_setopt($conn, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
		curl_setopt($conn, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, $return);
		curl_setopt($conn, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
		curl_setopt($conn, CURLOPT_POST, true);
		curl_setopt($conn, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $params);

		if (($rtn = curl_exec($conn)) === false)
		{
			$rtn = curl_error($conn);
		}
		$code = curl_getinfo($conn, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
		curl_close($conn);
		return array($code, $rtn);
	}
}