PHP ini file_get_contents external url

Question

I use following PHP function:

file_get_contents(\'http://example.com\');

Whenever I do this on a certain server, the result is empty. When I do

Answer 1

This will also give external links an absolute path without having to use php.ini

]*href\s*=\s*[\"'])(?!http)([^\"'>]+)([\"'>]+)#",'$1http://www.your_external_website.com/$2$3', $result);
echo $result
?>