function ao3($url)
{
    $time_start = microtime(true);
    //////// TESTING PURPOSES
    $chapters = array();
    $moreChapters = true;
    $story = new Story();
    //        echo "<p>old url = " . $url . "</p>"; //////// TESTING PURPOSES
    if (!strpos($url, "view_full_work=true")) {
        if (strpos($url, "view_adult=true")) {
            $url = $url . "&view_full_work=true";
        } else {
            $url = $url . "?view_full_work=true";
        }
    }
    if (!strpos($url, "view_adult=true")) {
        $url = $url . "&view_adult=true";
    }
    $redirect = true;
    $ch = curl_init();
    $page = new simple_html_dom();
    while ($redirect) {
        //            echo "<p>new url = $url</p>"; //////// TESTING PURPOSES
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIE, "birthtime=28801; path=/; domain=archiveofourown.org");
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 50);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
        $result = curl_exec($ch);
        $page->load($result);
        $firsthref = $page->find('a', 0);
        if (strpos($firsthref->plaintext, "edirected")) {
            $url = $firsthref->getAttribute('href') . "?view_adult=true&view_full_work=true";
        } else {
            // --------- REMOVE THIS IF STATEMENT --------- \\
            // it's just for testing purposes, has no place in the final app.
            if ($page->find('#chapters')) {
                echo "<h1 style='color: red'>view_full_work mode worked!</h1>";
            }
            // -------------------------------------------- \\
            curl_close($ch);
            $redirect = false;
        }
    }
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    $story->title = trim($page->find('h2.title', 0)->plaintext);
    $story->author = $page->find('h3.byline a', 0)->plaintext;
    if ($page->find('#chapters .chapter')) {
        $story->totalChapters = count($page->find('#chapters .chapter div.userstuff'));
    } else {
        $story->totalChapters = 1;
    }
    echo "<p><span class='bold'>Execution time before for loop:</span> " . (microtime(true) - $time_start) . " seconds</p>";
    //////// TESTING PURPOSES
    for ($i = 0; $i < $story->totalChapters; $i++) {
        //            echo "loop $i<br>"; //////// TESTING PURPOSES
        $page->removeNode('div.chapter div.userstuff h3.landmark', 0);
        $chapter = new StoryChapter();
        $chapter->chapterID = $i;
        // if there is a chapter title, add it, else create a title
        $cID = "#chapter-" . ($i + 1);
        $chapterTitle = $page->find($cID . ' h3.title a', 0)->plaintext;
        if ($chapterTitle == null) {
            $chapter->chapterTitle = "Chapter " . ($i + 1);
        } else {
            $chapter->chapterTitle = $chapterTitle;
        }
        // if there are chapter notes, add them to chapter text
        $notes = "";
        if ($i == 0) {
            if ($page->find('div.preface div.summary')) {
                $story->summary = $page->find('div.preface div.summary blockquote', 0)->outertext;
            }
            if ($page->find('div.preface div.notes')) {
                $notes = "<div class='chapter-notes'><h4>Notes:</h4>" . $page->find('div.preface div.notes blockquote', 0)->outertext . "</div><hr>";
            }
        } else {
            if ($page->find($cID . ' div.notes')) {
                $notes = "<div class='chapter-notes'><h4>Notes:</h4>" . $page->find($cID . ' div.notes blockquote', 0)->outertext . "</div><hr>";
            }
        }
        if ($story->totalChapters == 1) {
            $chapter->chapterText = $notes . "<div class='chapter-text'>" . $page->find('#chapters div.userstuff', 0)->innertext . "</div>";
        } else {
            $chapter->chapterText = $notes . "<div class='chapter-text'>" . $page->find($cID . ' div.userstuff', 0)->innertext . "</div>";
        }
        $chapters[] = $chapter;
        // add Chapter object to chapters array
        echo "&nbsp;<span class='bold'>Loop {$i} execution time:</span> " . (microtime(true) - $time_start) . " seconds<br>";
        //////// TESTING PURPOSES
    }
    $story->chapters = $chapters;
    echo "<p><span class='bold'>Execution time after for loop:</span> " . (microtime(true) - $time_start) . " seconds</p>";
    //////// TESTING PURPOSES
    echo "<h1 id='top'>" . $story->title . "</h1>";
    echo "<h2>by " . $story->author . "</h2>";
    echo "<p><span class='bold'>Total number of chapters:</span> " . $story->totalChapters . ".</p>";
    if ($story->summary != null) {
        echo "<div id='story-summary'><span class='bold'>Summary:</span><br>" . $story->summary . "</div>";
    }
    $toc = "<p><span class='bold'>Table of Contents:</span></p><ol id='table-of-contents'>";
    $chapterList = "<p><span class='bold'>Chapters:</span></p><ol id='chapter-list'>";
    for ($i = 0; $i < $story->totalChapters; $i++) {
        $c = $story->chapters[$i];
        // copies relevant chapter for ease of access
        $iplus = $i + 1;
        $toc = $toc . "<li><a href='#chapter-{$iplus}'>" . $c->chapterTitle . "</a></li>";
        $chapterList = $chapterList . "<li id='chapter-{$iplus}'><h3 class='chapter-title'>" . $c->chapterTitle . " <span class='toplink'><a href='#top'>[top]</a></span></h3>" . $c->chapterText . "</li>";
    }
    echo "<p><span class='bold'>Total execution time:</span> " . (microtime(true) - $time_start) . " seconds</p>";
    //////// TESTING PURPOSES
    echo $toc . "</ol>";
    echo $chapterList . "</ol>";
}