CURL replacement for file_get_contents

gistfile1.php

function file_get_contents_curl($url) {
  $ch = curl_init();
 
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); //Set curl to return the data instead of printing it to the browser.
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
 
  $data = curl_exec($ch);
  curl_close($ch);
 
  return $data;
}