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<code><span>private</span><span><span>function</span><span>geturl</span><span>(<span>$url</span>)</span> {</span><span>$ch</span> = curl_init();
        <span>$timeout</span> = <span>5</span>;
        curl_setopt(<span>$ch</span>, CURLOPT_URL, <span>$url</span>);
        curl_setopt(<span>$ch</span>, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, <span>1</span>);
        curl_setopt(<span>$ch</span>, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, <span>$timeout</span>);
        <span>$file_contents</span> = curl_exec(<span>$ch</span>);
        curl_close(<span>$ch</span>);
        <span>return</span><span>$file_contents</span>;
    }</code>