Well, there are various obstacles that you will need to check:
= Curl support compiled in?
= php version requirement for file_get_contents (4.3+, I think)?
= Security setting 'allow_url_fopen' set to 1, ie may open files via a URL?
Although I'm no expert, I'd agree the task isn't huge once you get the basics working. Using and the examples for file_get_contents, strip_tags and even simple ones like fgets and htmlentities (for when you're testing) should get you across the line.
Hope that helps.
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