<?php
function curl($url, $params) {
   echo("curl: $url params: $params");
   $options = array(CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
      CURLOPT_USERAGENT => "Test",
      CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT => 60,
      CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 60,
      CURLOPT_POST => 1,
      CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $params,
   );

   $ch = curl_init($url);
   curl_setopt_array($ch, $options);
   $content = curl_exec($ch);
   echo ("curl eseguita: $content");
   curl_close($ch); // Close Connecion
   return $content;
}

curl("www.google.it", "var=valuevar");   
?>