title: how to explicity set the request method as post and assign post data
body: <p>is there a way in PHP to set the request method as a <code>POST</code>? after setting the request method as <code>POST</code>, id like to programmatically assign the post data to be sent.</p>
  
  <p>i dont want to use curl, i want a header redirect. i imagine i need to set a response code? what is the post response code?</p>