php curl request module

request.php

<?php

/**
 * A nice little request module using php curl,
 * handy for looking up things quickly. Not intended for any major purpose
 * or tweak it yourself
 * 
 * @param $url string
 * @param $method string
 * @param $data array
 * @param $headers array
 * @return mixed
 * */
function request(
    $url = 'https://www.google.com',
    $method = 'GET',
    $data = [],
    $headers = []
)
{
    $ch = curl_init();

    if ($method == 'POST') {
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($data));
    }

    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

    $result = curl_exec($ch);

    curl_close($ch);

    return $result;
}

// get request
print_r(
    request('http://dummy.restapiexample.com/api/v1/employees')
);

// post request
print_r(
    request('http://dummy.restapiexample.com/api/v1/create', $method = 'POST', $data = [
        'name' => 'Foo'
    ], $headers = [
        'Content-type: application/json'
    ])
);