Example how to use cURL functions and to send http (or https) cURL request

Using cURL functions, you'll be able to connect and communicate to many different types of servers with many different types of protocols - http, https, ftp, gopher, telnet, dict, file, and ldap protocols.

Next example sends http (or https) cURL request, with variables like $username, $password, $recipient and $body

$url = 'https://www.desitnationurl.com';
 $fields = array(
 'username'=>urlencode( $username ),
 'password'=>urlencode( $password ),
 'recipient'=>( $recipient ),
 'body'=>urlencode( $body )
 );

//url-ify the data for the POST
 $fields_string = '';
 foreach($fields as $key=>$value) { $fields_string .= $key.'='.$value.'&'; }
 rtrim($fields_string,'&');

// magic begins here
 //open connection
 $ch = curl_init();

//set the url, number of POST vars, POST data
 curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL,$url);
 curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST,count($fields));
 curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,$fields_string);

//execute post
 $result = curl_exec($ch);

//close connection
 curl_close($ch);
 // and that's all

Give a try, I hope it works as you expected.