curl

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"https://development.alpinebits.org/server-2015-07b/");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH,          CURLAUTH_BASIC);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD,           "someuser:somesecret");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER,        array("X-AlpineBits-ClientProtocolVersion: 2015-07b"));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$data = array(
    "action" => "getVersion"
);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
$result = curl_exec ($ch);
curl_close ($ch);