are there mechanisms, to disable file_get_contents() function working?

Question

i use file_get_contents function to grab data from sites and store the data in database. it will be very inconvenient for me, if one day the script will start not working.

Answer 1

It is possible to disable certain functions using disable_function. Furthermore the support of URLs with filesystem functions like file_get_contents can be disabled with allow_url_fopen. So chances are that file_get_contents might not work as expected one day.