function get_url($url)
{
$content = '';
$cur_time = time();
$filename = "requests/" . md5($url) . ".json";
//echo $filename;
$getNew = FALSE;
if (file_exists($filename)) {
//echo '<br>file exists';
$file = basename($filename, ".json");
$old_time = filemtime($filename);
//echo '<br> Prev time: '.$old_time;
$mins = $cur_time - $old_time;
//echo " -- ".$mins;
if ($mins >= 300) {
$getNew = TRUE;
} else {
$content = file_get_contents($filename);
}
} else {
//echo '<br>file does not exists';
$getNew = TRUE;
}
if ($getNew) {
//echo '<br> getting new';
$needLogin = TRUE;
if ($needLogin) {
//echo '<br>need login';
$login_url = 'http://www.reddit.com/api/login/username';
$curl = new mycurl();
$curl->setCookiFileLocation('requests/cookie.txt');
$data = array('api_type' => 'json', 'user' => 'ReillyKlevre', 'passwd' => 'password');
$curl->setPost($data);
$curl->createCurl($login_url);
if ($curl->getHttpStatus() != 200) {
echo '<br>LOGIN ERROR > HTTP STATUS: ' . $curl->getHttpStatus();
exit;
}
}
//echo '<br>after: '.$url;
$curl = new mycurl();
$curl->setCookiFileLocation('requests/cookie.txt');
$curl->createCurl($url);
if ($curl->getHttpStatus() != 200) {
echo '<br>REDDIT_URL ' . $url . ' > HTTP STATUS: ' . $curl->getHttpStatus();
exit;
}
$content = $curl->__tostring();
if ($content) {
$fp = fopen($filename, 'w');
fwrite($fp, $content);
fclose($fp);
}
}
return $content;
}