gistfile1.txt

function curlPost($url, array $params){
    $result = file_get_contents($url, false, stream_context_create(array(
        'http' => array(
            'method'  => 'POST',
            'header'  => 'Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
            'content' => http_build_query($params)
        )
    )));
    return $result;
}