$_POST["operation"],"tmId" => intval($_POST["tmId"]),"pattern" => $_POST["pattern"],"intervals" => $intervalsArray); // use key 'http' even if you send the request to https://... $options = array( 'http' => array( 'header' => "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n", 'method' => 'POST', 'content' => json_encode($data), ), ); $context = stream_context_create($options); $result = file_get_contents($url, false, $context); ?>