RT Request Tracker API Call in PHP

call_rt_api.php

<?php
//set POST variables
$url = 'https://myhost/rt-path/REST/1.0/search/ticket';
$fields = array(
            'user' => ('rtuser'),
            'pass' => ('rtpass'),
            'format' => ('l'), //long format
            'query' => ("Queue='mysupportqueue' and status !='resolved' and Created > '2013-03-10'")
        );

//open connection
$ch = curl_init();

//set the url, number of POST vars, POST data
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2);      //man in the middle attack here
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);  //man in the middle attack here
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields);

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

//close connection
curl_close($ch);