public static function getUrlStatusCode($url)
    {
        //Instantiate the EpiCurl class to be used
        //with checking URL HTTP status code.
        $epi_curl_checker = EpiCurl::getInstance();

        // Add the given URL to the url checker.
        $url_check = $epi_curl_checker->addURL($url);

        //Return the HTTP status code.
        return $url_check->code;
    }