<?php
$url = 'https://www.google.com';
$method = 'POST';
 
# headers and data (this is API dependent, some uses XML)
$headers = array(
    'Accept: application/json',
    'Content-Type: application/json',
);
$data = json_encode(array(
    'firstName'=> 'John',
    'lastName'=> 'Doe'
));
 
$handle = curl_init();
curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);
curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
 
switch($method) {
    case 'GET':
        break;
    case 'POST':
        curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_POST, true);
        curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
        break;
    case 'PUT': 
        curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'PUT');
        curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
        break;
    case 'DELETE':
        curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'DELETE');
        break;
}
 
$response = curl_exec($handle);
$code = curl_getinfo($handle, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);