diff --git a/lib/codegen/php/curl.dart b/lib/codegen/php/curl.dart
index dd804028..11d3ee79 100644
--- a/lib/codegen/php/curl.dart
+++ b/lib/codegen/php/curl.dart
@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@ class PHPcURLCodeGen {
 
 \$request = curl_init(\$uri);
 
+""";
+
+  //specifying headers
+  String kTemplateHeaders = """
+
+\$headers = [{{headers}}];
+curl_setopt(\$request, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, \$headers);
+
+""";
+
+  //request template
+  String kTemplateRequest = """
+
+curl_setopt(\$request, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
+curl_setopt(\$request, {{method}}, 1);
+
 """;