wp_remote_fopen( string $uri )

HTTP request for URI to retrieve content.

Description

See also

Parameters

$uri

(string) (Required) URI/URL of web page to retrieve.

Return

(false|string) HTTP content. False on failure.

Source

File: wp-includes/functions.php 

function wp_remote_fopen( $uri ) {
	$parsed_url = @parse_url( $uri );

	if ( !$parsed_url || !is_array( $parsed_url ) )
		return false;

	$options = array();
	$options['timeout'] = 10;

	$response = wp_safe_remote_get( $uri, $options );

	if ( is_wp_error( $response ) )
		return false;

	return wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response );
}

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Related

Uses

Uses
Uses Description
wp-includes/http.php: wp_remote_retrieve_body()

Retrieve only the body from the raw response.
wp-includes/http.php: wp_safe_remote_get()

Retrieve the raw response from a safe HTTP request using the GET method.
wp-includes/load.php: is_wp_error()

Check whether variable is a ClassicPress Error.

Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
WP-1.5.1 Introduced.