Question

Considering I don’t want to use curl, which is a valid alternative to make a post request? Maybe Zend_http_client?

I just need the basic stuff (I need to request an url with only one post param)

Answer 1

If you are using the Zend Framework already you should try the Zend_Http_Client you mentioned:

$client = new Zend_Http_Client($host, array(
            'maxredirects' => 3,
            'timeout'      => 30));
$client->setMethod(Zend_Http_Client::POST);
// You might need to set some headers here
$client->setParameterPost('key', 'value');
$response = $client->request();