get json using php

Question

I need to get the json data from, http://vortaro.us.to/ajax/epo/eng/ + \'word\'+ \"/?callback=?\" working example (not enough reputation)

I know how to do it in jav

Answer 1

Old question, but still one of the top hits in Google, so here is my contribution on top of @DrDol's answer.

Note the user of the CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER which sends the response into the return value (and returns false on fail).