PHP function to send GET/POST requests without cURL

post-without-curl.php

<?php

	# Function

	function post_without_curl ($url, $data, $optional_headers = null)
	{
		$params = array('http' => array
		(
			'method' => 'POST',
			'content' => http_build_query($data, "", "&")
		));
		if ($optional_headers !== null):
			$params['http']['header'] = $optional_headers;
		endif;
		$ctx = stream_context_create($params);
		$fp = @fopen($url, 'rb', false, $ctx);
		if (!$fp):
			throw new Exception("Problem with $url, $php_errormsg");
		endif;
		$response = @stream_get_contents($fp);
		if ($response === false):
			throw new Exception("Problem reading data from $url, $php_errormsg");
		endif;
		return $response;
	}
	
	# Usage
	
	$response = post_without_curl ("http://www.domain.com/page.php", array
	(
		'field1' => "bla bla bla",
		'field2' => 123
	));

?>