get gists w/ curl, used in gistless

gist-curl.php

<?php
/*
* uses curl to get the content of a gist
*
* @param string $gistUrl
* @return string
*/

function getGist($gistUrl) {
  $curl = curl_init();

  curl_setopt($curl,CURLOPT_USERAGENT,'jennschiffer');
  curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
  curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $gistUrl);

  $result = curl_exec($curl);
  curl_close($curl);
  return $result;
}

?>