diff --git a/lib/codegen/php/curl.dart b/lib/codegen/php/curl.dart
index 6b5239fb..cd62e405 100644
--- a/lib/codegen/php/curl.dart
+++ b/lib/codegen/php/curl.dart
@@ -6,4 +6,23 @@ import 'package:apidash/models/models.dart' show RequestModel;
 import 'package:apidash/consts.dart';
 
 class PHPcURLCodeGen {
+  //function for http verb to curl mapping
+  String httpMethod(String methodName) {
+    switch (methodName) {
+      case "POST":
+        return "CURLOPT_POST";
+      case "GET":
+        return "CURLOPT_HTTPGET";
+      case "PUT":
+        return "CURLOPT_PUT";
+      case "DELETE":
+        return "CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST";
+      case "PATCH":
+        return "CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST";
+      case "HEAD":
+        return "CURLOPT_NOBODY";
+      default:
+        return "";
+    }
+  }
 }