<?php
/**
 * @author 
 * @copyright 2007
 */
class curl
{
    var $channel ;
    
    function curl(  )
    {
        $this->channel = curl_init( );
        // you might want the headers for http codes
        curl_setopt( $this->channel, CURLOPT_HEADER, true );
        // you may need to set the http useragent for curl to operate as
        curl_setopt( $this->channel, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $_SERVER);
        // you wanna follow stuff like meta and location headers
        curl_setopt( $this->channel, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true );
        // you want all the data back to test it for errors
        curl_setopt( $this->channel, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
        // probably unecessary, but cookies may be needed to
        curl_setopt( $this->channel, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, 'cookie.txt');
        // as above
        curl_setopt( $this->channel, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, 'cookie.txt');    
    }
    function makeRequest( $method, $url, $vars )
    {
        // if the $vars are in an array then turn them into a usable string
        if( is_array( $vars ) ):
            $vars = implode( '&', $vars );
        endif;
        
        // setup the url to post / get from / to
        curl_setopt( $this->channel, CURLOPT_URL, $url );
        // the actual post bit
        if ( strtolower( $method ) == 'post' ) :
            curl_setopt( $this->channel, CURLOPT_POST, true );
            curl_setopt( $this->channel, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $vars );
        endif;
        // return data
        return curl_exec( $this->channel );
    }
}
$curl = new curl( );
// you should not execute both of these, but either way works
echo $curl->makeRequest( 'post', 'http://yourdomain.com/path/to/php.php', 'message=my message goes here' );
echo $curl->makeRequest( 'post', 'http://yourdomain.com/path/to/php.php', array('message=my message goes here', 'type=text') );
?>