gistfile1.txt

function slackIt($message, $channel) {
    $ch = curl_init("https://annelewis.slack.com/services/hooks/slackbot");
    $data = http_build_query([
        "token" => "X0FDWx2MDDuwq26Esdcv4cqr",
    	"channel" => $channel, //"#mychannel",
    	"text" => $message, //"Hello, Foo-Bar channel message.",
    	"username" => "fabBot",
    ]);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST');
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
    $result = curl_exec($ch);
    curl_close($ch);
    return $result;
}

/*
function sendToSlack($message, $url) {
  $ch = curl_init();
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,             $url);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST,             TRUE);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,    $message);
  $response_from_server = curl_exec($ch);
  curl_close($ch);
  
  echo "slack response: ";
  print_r($response_from_server);
}
*/