PHP : Make API Calls in PHP

make_api_calls.php

<?php
/**
 * Make API Calls in PHP
 *
 * @param string $method   The HTTP method (GET or POST) to be used
 * @param string $url      The URL
 * @param array  $data     The data should send with POST
 * @return string          Response from the url
 */
function CallAPI( $method, $url, $data = false ) {
	$curl = curl_init();
	switch ( $method ) {
		case "POST":
			curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1 );
			if ( $data )
				curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data );
			break;
		case "PUT":
			curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_PUT, 1 );
			break;
		default:
			if ( $data )
				$url = sprintf( "%s?%s", $url, http_build_query( $data ) );
	}
	// Optional Authentication:
	curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC );
	curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "username:password" );
	curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url );
	curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1 );
	$result = curl_exec( $curl );
	curl_close( $curl );
	return $result;
}

// Get request
$get_response = CallAPI( 'GET', 'http://example.com' );
echo $get_response;

// Post request
$data = array();
$data['name'] = 'joashp';
$data['email'] = '[email protected]';
$post_response = CallAPI( 'POST', 'http://example.com', $data );
echo $post_response;
?>