gistfile1.php

<?php

function _fetch_core_release() 
{
	// Current Version
	$current = urlencode(Kohana::config('settings.ushahidi_version'));
	
	// Extra Stats
	$url = urlencode(preg_replace("/^https?:\/\/(.+)$/i","\\1", url::base()));
	$ip_address = (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])) ? urlencode($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']) : "";
	
	$version_url = "http://version.ushahidi.com/2/?v=".$current."u=".$url."&ip=".$ip_address;		
	$version_json_string = @file_get_contents($version_url);
	
	// If we didn't get anything back...
	if(!$version_json_string)
	{
		 return "";
	}

	$version_details = json_decode($version_json_string);
	
	return $version_details;

}