A php curl wrapper class that lets you make a post curl operation in a more elegant style.

php_post_curl_wrapper_class.php

<?php

class culrpost
{
    protected $url;

    protected $curl;

    public $result;

    // instantiates
    public function __construct(string $url)
    {
        $this->url = $url;
        $this->curlInitalize();
        $this->curlSetOpt();
    }

    // warapper function to initalize curl as it is done natively
    public function curlInitalize()
    {
        return $this->curl =  curl_init($this->url);
    }

    // set the curl options
    public function curlSetOpt()
    {
        curl_setopt($this->curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
        curl_setopt($this->curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
        return $this->curl;
    }


    // executing the curl
    public function executeCurl(array $data)
    {
        //convert array data to string like name=jane&age=23
        $data = http_build_query($data, '', '&', PHP_QUERY_RFC3986);

        curl_setopt($this->curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);

        // get the result of the curl operation
        $this->result = curl_exec($this->curl);

        return $this;
    }

    // close curl immedidtaly operations are done
    public function closeCurl()
    {
        return curl_close($this->curl);
    }
}

// how to use
$endpoint = "www.chidiebere.com/endpoint";

$curl = new culrpost($endpoint);

$data = ['name' => 'chidiebere', 'age' => '25'];

$curl->executeCurl($data)->closeCurl();

echo $curl->result; // 404 NOT FOUND --obviously because the endpoint is  wrong