Using PHP, how do I get the first paragraph of a Wikipedia article with the MediaWiki API?

Question

How do I use PHP to get the first paragraph of any article from Wikipedia through their MediaWiki API?

I am open to all suggestions. Most probably CUR

Answer 1

I would use file_get_contents('http://wikipedia.com/'.$rest_of_url)

Then just use string parsing to select everything form

to

http://php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php