$html = join ('', file('http://www.php.net'));
That works fine...
This doesn't...
$html = join ('', file($url));
nor does...
$html = join ('', file("$url"));
What is $url set to? Your example doesn't say.
URL is set to http://www.nintendorks.com/
what error message to you get? or does it just choke quietly?
-- rad