<?php
function get_title($url){
$str = file_get_contents($url);
if(strlen($str)>0){
$str = trim(preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $str)); // supports line breaks inside <title>
preg_match("/\<title\>(.*)\<\/title\>/i",$str,$title); // ignore case
return $title[1];
}
}
//Example:
echo get_title("http://www.washingtontimes.com/");
?>