MindOverJohn

<?php
function getfromweb($url, $username = null, $password = null) {
        $opts = array('http' =>
          array(
            'method'  => 'GET',
            'header'  => "Authorization: Basic ".base64_encode("$username:$password")."\r\n")
        );
        $context  = stream_context_create($opts);
        $result = file_get_contents($url, false, $context);
    return $result;