curl_init php does not work in friendly url?

I'm doing tests with curl_init php

I happen to have the links like this:

http://localhost/produto/novo

Internally it accesses the new.php file, but I'm using htaccess to work with friendly URLs

I need to make a file that will accept queries via curl_init from php that is on another server

If I open the browser and type:

http://localhost/produto/novo?codigo=1

It accepts beauty, that is, the page is operating normally and accepting the parameters.

But if I use this same URL in curl_init it does not accept it, it brings me the index content.

Now if I put the url with the file name it accepts:

$url = http://localhost/produto/novo.php

curl_init only accesses files directly, not to use friendly url on it?

My request:

    ...
    $dados = array("pedidos" => $pedidos, "status" => $status, "loja" => $loja);


    $url = "http://123.123.123.123/recebe.transito.php"; 
    AQUI EU GOSTARIA DE COLOCAR A URL AMIGAVEL
    $url = "http://123.123.123.123/recebe.transito"; // SEM O .PHP
    $curl = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
    curl_setopt_array($curl, array(CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true));
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $dados);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    $res = curl_exec($curl);
    //$res = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE); // Pegar o código de resposta

    $result = json_decode($res);
....

My .htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . index.php [L]