Sending a GET/POST Request via PHP without CURL (fopen needs to be enabled)

request_no_curl.php

<?php
$url = 'http://server.com/path';
$data = array('key1' => 'value1', 'key2' => 'value2');

// use key 'http' even if you send the request to https://...
$options = array(
  'http' => array(
    'header'  => "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n",
    'method'  => 'POST',
    'content' => http_build_query($data),
  ),
);
$context  = stream_context_create($options);
$result = file_get_contents($url, false, $context);

var_dump($result);