<?php
jimport('joomla.error.log');

function load($url, $params) {
	$request = new HttpRequest($url, HttpRequest::METH_GET);
	$request -> setQueryData($params);

	try {
		$request->send();
		switch ($request->getResponseCode()) {
			case 200:
				return $request->getResponseBody();
				break;
			case 302: 		// redirect
				$url = $request -> getResponseHeader('location');

				return load($url, array());
			default:
				return null;
		}
	} catch (HttpException $e) {
		JLog :: getInstance() -> addEntry(array('level' => 'error', 'comment' => 'Error loading data: '.$e->getMessage));

		return null;
	}
}

?>