function _recaptcha_http_post($host, $path, $data, $port = 80) {
$req = _recaptcha_qsencode ($data);
$http_request = "POST $path HTTP/1.0\r\n";
$http_request .= "Host: $host\r\n";
$http_request .= "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded;\r\n";
$http_request .= "Content-Length: " . strlen($req) . "\r\n";
$http_request .= "User-Agent: reCAPTCHA/PHP\r\n";
$http_request .= "\r\n";
$http_request .= $req;
$response = '';
if( false == ( $fs = @fsockopen($host, $port, $errno, $errstr, 10) ) ) {
die ("Could not open socket: $errno - $errstr");
}
fwrite($fs, $http_request);
while ( !feof($fs) )
$response .= fgets($fs, 1160); // One TCP-IP packet
fclose($fs);
$response = explode("\r\n\r\n", $response, 2);
return $response;
}