Using fopen() for internet URL

I have an auto-update script to gather some information from other web pages to update information in my database. And i use fopen() to open the URL. as far as i know, the return result contains image, which i don't need. so is there anyway to disable loading image when using fopen() with URL? just want to speed things up a bit :P thanks. Tony S. Wu tonyswu@mac.com "The world doesn't give us hope - it gives us chance."

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