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function do_post_request($url, $params = array(), $head = array()) {
    //
    // request body
    //
    $body = array();
    foreach($params as $param => $value) {
        $body[] = urlencode($param).'='.urlencode($value);
    }
    $body = implode('&', $body);

    //
    // request headers
    //
    $head[] = "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8";
    $head[] = "Content-Length: ".strlen($body);

    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $body);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $head);

    $output = curl_exec($ch);
    curl_close($ch);
    return $output;
}

You can use this function to make a post request using php curl extension, you can also send your customized HTTP headers and the post parameters.

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