<?php 

function get_data($url) {
	$ch = curl_init();
	$timeout = 5;
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $timeout);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
	$data = curl_exec($ch);
	curl_close($ch);
	return $data;
}

$returned_content = get_data('http://faucetlove.com'); // Curl a bitcoin forum
echo $returned_content;

?>

This example will CURL a forum and echo it's contents using SSL support.

Get A Website Using Curl (SSL Support)

curl

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