Accessing file outside of server

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slightly related to that of the same topic.

i was using:
echo(file_get_contents('http://pyrofreak.com/mmpb.php'));

but when i ported to another server, it would not work (maybe has an older version of php). so i tried :
echo(readfile('http://pyrofreak.com/mmpb.php'));

and it spit it out properly, but it added on the number 395 at the end - what is this? how do i kill it? thanks.

actually, this method doesnt work at all. it just echoes it out. what i am looking to do is assign the source to a variable. ie $file=whateverFunction("url");

[texn]

this works, nevermind...

$file = implode('', file('http://lottery.yahoo.com/lottery/' . $state .'.html'));