Index: trunk/core/kernel/globals.php
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diff -u -r4243 -r4418
--- trunk/core/kernel/globals.php	(.../globals.php)	(revision 4243)
+++ trunk/core/kernel/globals.php	(.../globals.php)	(revision 4418)
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
 		 * @param unknown_type $post
 		 * @return unknown
 		 */
-		function curl_post($url, $post, $headers=null)
+		function curl_post($url, $post, $headers=null, $request_type = 'POST')
 		{
 			if( is_array($post) )
 			{
@@ -328,8 +328,12 @@
 				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
 			}
 
-			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
-			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post);
+			// if we have post data, then POST else use GET method instead
+			if ($request_type == 'POST') {
+				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
+				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post);
+			}
+			
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
 
 			curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_REFERER, PROTOCOL.SERVER_NAME);