    protected function get_remote_contents(&$url, $timeout = 30, $redirect_max = 5, $ua = 'Mozilla/5.0', $fp = null)
    {
        $method = (function_exists('curl_exec') && !ini_get('safe_mode') && !ini_get('open_basedir')) ? 'curl_get_contents' : 'fsock_get_contents';
        return $this->$method($url, $timeout, $redirect_max, $ua, $fp);
    }
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