note 70288 deleted from function.fopen by bjori

Note Submitter: http://www.havarnielsen.com ---- /* If you want to use parts of or an entire external page in your site, you can use this function to fetch it using either curl or fopen. The output buffer functions used in the curl section enables you to strip or format parts of the page before it is printed to the browserwindow. Curl is recommended in most cases if php has been compiled to enable curl. It will take load off the server and may prevent some hacking attempts. // usage (for curl): $data = open_external_url("http://www.php.net"); // (for fopen): $data = open_external_url("http://www.php.net", "fopen"); // use strpos, stristr, ereg_replace or any other string manipulation functions to strip <body> or <html> or other elements. echo $data; */ function open_external_url($url, $method = "curl") { $data = ''; if(strtolower($method) == "curl") { $ch = curl_init($url); ob_start(); curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); $data = ob_get_contents(); ob_end_clean(); } else if(strtolower($method) == "fopen") { $file = fopen($url, "r"); while(!feof($file)) { $data = $data . fgets($file, 4096); } fclose ($file); } return $data; }