PHP If file_get_contents fails, do this instead

Question

I have a function to translate the current text string using the Free Bing translator API. I just want to make sure if anything fails or something happens with the Applicat

Answer 1

/*
It's a modified file_get_contents()
get_contents(filename, use_include_path, context, offset, maxlen)
*/
function get_contents($url, $u = false, $c = null, $o = null) {
    $headers = get_headers($url);
    $status = substr($headers[0], 9, 3);
    if ($status == '200') {
        return file_get_contents($url, $u, $c, $o);
    }
    return false;
}

echo get_contents('https://batas.kz/');