How to send array with CURL? Should I `urlencode` it?

Question

When I assign an array of data to be POSTed as a cURL option (via CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS), do I need to urlencode that data first or will that be taken care of?

Answer 1

I use:

curl_setopt($curl , CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $array );

instead of:

curl_setopt($curl , CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($array)  );