PHP file_get_contents very slow when using full url

Question

I am working with a script (that I did not create originally) that generates a pdf file from an HTML page. The problem is that it is now taking a very long time, like 1-2 mi

Answer 1

I have a huge data passed by API, I'm using file_get_contents to read the data, but it took around 60 seconds. However, using KrisWebDev's solution it took around 25 seconds.

$context = stream_context_create(array('https' => array('header'=>'Connection: close\r\n')));
file_get_contents($url,false,$context);