<?php

$file = fopen ("http://www.php.net/", "r");

if (!$file) {

echo "<p>unable to open remote file.n";

exit;

}

while (!feof ($file)) {

$line = fgets ($file, 1024);

/* this only works if the title and its tags are on one line */

if (eregi ("<title>(.*)</title>", $line, $out)) {

$title = $out[1];

break;

}

}

fclose($file);

?>