docs/examples/simplepost.php

#
# A very simple PHP example that sends a HTTP POST to a remote site
#

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"http://www.mysite.com/tester.phtml");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "postvar1=value1&postvar2=value2&postvar3=value3");

curl_exec ($ch);
curl_close ($ch);