This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use by plugin or theme developers, only in other core functions. It is listed here for completeness.

Contents

WebsiteParser::grabContent()

A private method grabs website content using cUrl And put content it into a class variable Can be replace by file_get_contents() but it’s very slow, cpu intensive and does not handle redirects, caching, cookies, etc.

Description

Source

File: bp-activity/vendors/website-parser/website_parser.php

    private function grabContent()
    {

        try {
            $ch = curl_init($this->target_url);

            curl_setopt_array($ch, $this->curl_options);

            $this->content = curl_exec($ch);

            if ($this->content === FALSE) {
                throw new Exception();
            }

        } catch (Exception $e) {
            $this->message = 'Unable to grab site contents';
        }

        curl_close($ch);
    }

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