public function ReadFromURI($sURL)
    {
        $sBuf = '';
        $fp = @fopen($sURL, 'r');
        if (!$fp) {
            echo "<!-- shopauskunft - no connection! -->\n";
        } else {
            stream_set_timeout($fp, 5);
            while (!feof($fp)) {
                $sBuf .= fread($fp, 128);
            }
            fclose($fp);
        }

        return $sBuf;
    }