diff --git a/bridges/ArstechnicaBridge.php b/bridges/ArstechnicaBridge.php
index 59f0fab..a0fcb54 100644
--- a/bridges/ArstechnicaBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/ArstechnicaBridge.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class ArstechnicaBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
 
                 function ExtractContent($url) {
                   #echo $url;
-                        $html2 = file_get_html($url);
+                        $html2 = getSimpleHTMLDOM($url);
 
                         $text = $html2->find("section[id='article-guts']", 0);
                         /*foreach ($text->find('<aside id="social-left">') as $node)
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class ArstechnicaBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
                         return $text;
                 }
 
-                $html = $this->file_get_html('http://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/index') or $this->returnServerError('Could not request NextInpact.');
+                $html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM('http://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/index') or $this->returnServerError('Could not request NextInpact.');
                 $limit = 0;
 
                 foreach($html->find('item') as $element) {
diff --git a/bridges/BastaBridge.php b/bridges/BastaBridge.php
index 6af218f..a0091e0 100644
--- a/bridges/BastaBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/BastaBridge.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class BastaBridge extends BridgeAbstract{
 				$item->title = $element->find('title', 0)->innertext;
 				$item->uri = $element->find('guid', 0)->plaintext;
 				$item->timestamp = strtotime($element->find('dc:date', 0)->plaintext);
-				$item->content = ReplaceImageUrl($this->file_get_html($item->uri)->find('div.texte', 0)->innertext);
+				$item->content = ReplaceImageUrl($this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($item->uri)->find('div.texte', 0)->innertext);
 				$this->items[] = $item;
 				$limit++;
 			}
diff --git a/bridges/CastorusBridge.php b/bridges/CastorusBridge.php
index a3de3bf..1aaefb3 100644
--- a/bridges/CastorusBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/CastorusBridge.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class CastorusBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
 		$this->update = '2016-08-17';
 
 		$this->parameters["Get latest changes"] = '[]';
-		$this->parameters["Get latest changes via ZIP code"] = 
+		$this->parameters["Get latest changes via ZIP code"] =
 		'[
 			{
 				"name": "ZIP code",
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class CastorusBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
 				"title" : "Insert ZIP code (complete or partial)"
 			}
 		]';
-		$this->parameters["Get latest changes via city name"] = 
+		$this->parameters["Get latest changes via city name"] =
 		'[
 			{
 				"name": "City name",
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class CastorusBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
 
 		if(!$title)
 			$this->returnServerError('Cannot find title!');
-		
+
 		return htmlspecialchars(trim($title->plaintext));
 	}
 
@@ -48,19 +48,19 @@ class CastorusBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
 
 		if(!$url)
 			$this->returnServerError('Cannot find url!');
-		
+
 		return $this->uri . $url->href;
 	}
 
 	// Extracts the time from an activity
 	private function ExtractActivityTime($activity){
-		// Unfortunately the time is part of the parent node, 
+		// Unfortunately the time is part of the parent node,
 		// so we have to clear all child nodes first
 		$nodes = $activity->find('*');
 
 		if(!$nodes)
 			$this->returnServerError('Cannot find nodes!');
-		
+
 		foreach($nodes as $node){
 			$node->outertext = '';
 		}
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class CastorusBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
 
 		if(!$price)
 			$this->returnServerError('Cannot find price!');
-		
+
 		return $price->innertext;
 	}
 
@@ -85,23 +85,23 @@ class CastorusBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
 		if(isset($params['city']))
 			$city_filter = trim($params['city']);
 
-		$html = $this->file_get_html($this->uri);
+		$html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($this->uri);
 
 		if(!$html)
 			$this->returnServerError('Could not load data from ' . $this->uri . '!');
-		
+
 		$activities = $html->find('div#activite/li');
 
 		if(!$activities)
 			$this->returnServerError('Failed to find activities!');
-		
+
 		foreach($activities as $activity){
 			$item = new \Item();
 
 			$item->title = $this->ExtractActivityTitle($activity);
 			$item->uri = $this->ExtractActivityUrl($activity);
 			$item->timestamp = $this->ExtractActivityTime($activity);
-			$item->content = '<a href="' . $item->uri . '">' . $item->title . '</a><br><p>' 
+			$item->content = '<a href="' . $item->uri . '">' . $item->title . '</a><br><p>'
 								. $this->ExtractActivityPrice($activity) . '</p>';
 
 			if(isset($zip_filter) && !(substr($item->title, 0, strlen($zip_filter)) === $zip_filter)){
diff --git a/bridges/EstCeQuonMetEnProdBridge.php b/bridges/EstCeQuonMetEnProdBridge.php
index f45bf08..d207716 100644
--- a/bridges/EstCeQuonMetEnProdBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/EstCeQuonMetEnProdBridge.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class EstCeQuonMetEnProdBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
             } return false;
         }
 
-        $html = $this->file_get_html($this->getURI()) or $this->returnServerError('Could not request EstCeQuonMetEnProd: '.$this->getURI());
+        $html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($this->getURI()) or $this->returnServerError('Could not request EstCeQuonMetEnProd: '.$this->getURI());
 
         $item = new \Item();
         $item->uri = $this->getURI().'#'.date('Y-m-d');
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ class EstCeQuonMetEnProdBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
         return 21600; // 6 hours
     }
 }
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/bridges/NextgovBridge.php b/bridges/NextgovBridge.php
index 65436b9..2762faf 100644
--- a/bridges/NextgovBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/NextgovBridge.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class NextgovBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
         if ($category !== preg_replace('/[^a-z-]+/', '', $category) || strlen($category > 32))
             $this->returnClientError('Invalid "category" parameter.');
         $url = $this->getURI().'rss/'.$category.'/';
-        $html = $this->file_get_html($url) or $this->returnServerError('Could not request Nextgov: '.$url);
+        $html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($url) or $this->returnServerError('Could not request Nextgov: '.$url);
         $limit = 0;
 
         foreach ($html->find('item') as $element) {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class NextgovBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
                 $article_subtitle = $element->find('description', 0)->plaintext;
                 $article_timestamp = strtotime($element->find('pubDate', 0)->plaintext);
                 $article_thumbnail = ExtractFromDelimiters($element->innertext, '<media:content url="', '"');
-                $article = $this->file_get_html($article_url) or $this->returnServerError('Could not request Nextgov: '.$article_url);
+                $article = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($article_url) or $this->returnServerError('Could not request Nextgov: '.$article_url);
 
                 $contents = $article->find('div.wysiwyg', 0)->innertext;
                 $contents = StripWithDelimiters($contents, '<div class="ad-container">', '</div>');
@@ -91,4 +91,4 @@ class NextgovBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
         }
 
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/bridges/NumeramaBridge.php b/bridges/NumeramaBridge.php
index f5671b7..096c11d 100644
--- a/bridges/NumeramaBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/NumeramaBridge.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class NumeramaBridge extends BridgeAbstract{
         }
 
         $feed = $this->uri.'feed/';
-        $html = $this->file_get_html($feed) or $this->returnServerError('Could not request Numerama: '.$feed);
+        $html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($feed) or $this->returnServerError('Could not request Numerama: '.$feed);
         $limit = 0;
 
         foreach($html->find('item') as $element) {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class NumeramaBridge extends BridgeAbstract{
                 $item->timestamp = strtotime($element->find('pubDate', 0)->plaintext);
 
                 $article_url = NumeramaStripCDATA($element->find('guid', 0)->plaintext);
-                $article_html = $this->file_get_html($article_url) or $this->returnServerError('Could not request Numerama: '.$article_url);
+                $article_html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($article_url) or $this->returnServerError('Could not request Numerama: '.$article_url);
                 $contents = $article_html->find('section[class=related-article]', 0)->innertext = ''; // remove related articles block
                 $contents = '<img alt="" style="max-width:300px;" src="'.$article_html->find('meta[property=og:image]', 0)->getAttribute('content').'">'; // add post picture
                 $contents = $contents.$article_html->find('article[class=post-content]', 0)->innertext; // extract the post
diff --git a/bridges/SensCritiqueBridge.php b/bridges/SensCritiqueBridge.php
index 945dd00..bff72bf 100644
--- a/bridges/SensCritiqueBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/SensCritiqueBridge.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class SensCritiqueBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
 
 	private function collectMoviesData() {
 		$html = '';
-    $html = $this->file_get_html('http://www.senscritique.com/films/cette-semaine') or $this->returnServerError('No results for this query.');
+    $html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM('http://www.senscritique.com/films/cette-semaine') or $this->returnServerError('No results for this query.');
 		$list = $html->find('ul.elpr-list', 0);
 
 		$this->extractDataFromList($list);
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class SensCritiqueBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
 
 	private function collectSeriesData() {
 		$html = '';
-		$html = $this->file_get_html('http://www.senscritique.com/series/actualite') or $this->returnServerError('No results for this query.');
+		$html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM('http://www.senscritique.com/series/actualite') or $this->returnServerError('No results for this query.');
 		$list = $html->find('ul.elpr-list', 0);
 
 		$this->extractDataFromList($list);
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class SensCritiqueBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
 
 	private function collectGamesData() {
 		$html = '';
-		$html = $this->file_get_html('http://www.senscritique.com/jeuxvideo/actualite') or $this->returnServerError('No results for this query.');
+		$html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM('http://www.senscritique.com/jeuxvideo/actualite') or $this->returnServerError('No results for this query.');
 		$list = $html->find('ul.elpr-list', 0);
 
 		$this->extractDataFromList($list);
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class SensCritiqueBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
 
 	private function collectBooksData() {
 		$html = '';
-		$html = $this->file_get_html('http://www.senscritique.com/livres/actualite') or $this->returnServerError('No results for this query.');
+		$html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM('http://www.senscritique.com/livres/actualite') or $this->returnServerError('No results for this query.');
 		$list = $html->find('ul.elpr-list', 0);
 
 		$this->extractDataFromList($list);
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class SensCritiqueBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
 
 	private function collectBDsData() {
 		$html = '';
-		$html = $this->file_get_html('http://www.senscritique.com/bd/actualite') or $this->returnServerError('No results for this query.');
+		$html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM('http://www.senscritique.com/bd/actualite') or $this->returnServerError('No results for this query.');
 		$list = $html->find('ul.elpr-list', 0);
 
 		$this->extractDataFromList($list);
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class SensCritiqueBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
 
 	private function collectMusicsData() {
 		$html = '';
-		$html = $this->file_get_html('http://www.senscritique.com/musique/actualite') or $this->returnServerError('No results for this query.');
+		$html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM('http://www.senscritique.com/musique/actualite') or $this->returnServerError('No results for this query.');
 		$list = $html->find('ul.elpr-list', 0);
 
 		$this->extractDataFromList($list);
diff --git a/bridges/ShanaprojectBridge.php b/bridges/ShanaprojectBridge.php
index b9356a5..cbb386f 100644
--- a/bridges/ShanaprojectBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/ShanaprojectBridge.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class ShanaprojectBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
     // Returns an html object for the Season Anime List (latest season)
     private function LoadSeasonAnimeList(){
         // First we need to find the URI to the latest season from the 'seasons' page searching for 'Season Anime List'
-        $html = $this->file_get_html($this->getURI() . '/seasons');
+        $html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($this->getURI() . '/seasons');
         if(!$html) 
             $this->returnServerError('Could not load \'seasons\' page!');
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class ShanaprojectBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
         if(!$season)
             $this->returnServerError('Could not find \'Season Anime List\'!');
 
-        $html = $this->file_get_html($this->getURI() . $season->href);
+        $html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($this->getURI() . $season->href);
         if(!$html)
             $this->returnServerError('Could not load \'Season Anime List\' from \'' . $season->innertext . '\'!');
         
diff --git a/bridges/TheHackerNewsBridge.php b/bridges/TheHackerNewsBridge.php
index ebb8379..7dff60d 100644
--- a/bridges/TheHackerNewsBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/TheHackerNewsBridge.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class TheHackerNewsBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
             return $string;
         }
 
-        $html = $this->file_get_html($this->getURI()) or $this->returnServerError('Could not request TheHackerNews: '.$this->getURI());
+        $html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($this->getURI()) or $this->returnServerError('Could not request TheHackerNews: '.$this->getURI());
         $limit = 0;
 
         foreach ($html->find('article') as $element) {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class TheHackerNewsBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
                 $article_author = trim($element->find('span.vcard', 0)->plaintext);
                 $article_title = $element->find('a.entry-title', 0)->plaintext;
                 $article_timestamp = strtotime($element->find('span.updated', 0)->plaintext);
-                $article = $this->file_get_html($article_url) or $this->returnServerError('Could not request TheHackerNews: '.$article_url);
+                $article = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($article_url) or $this->returnServerError('Could not request TheHackerNews: '.$article_url);
 
                 $contents = $article->find('div.articlebodyonly', 0)->innertext;
                 $contents = StripRecursiveHTMLSection($contents, 'div', '<div class=\'clear\'');
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ class TheHackerNewsBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
         }
 
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/bridges/WeLiveSecurityBridge.php b/bridges/WeLiveSecurityBridge.php
index 27d26ff..a8d33a2 100644
--- a/bridges/WeLiveSecurityBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/WeLiveSecurityBridge.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class WeLiveSecurityBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
         }
 
         $feed = $this->getURI().'feed/';
-        $html = $this->file_get_html($feed) or $this->returnServerError('Could not request '.$this->getName().': '.$feed);
+        $html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($feed) or $this->returnServerError('Could not request '.$this->getName().': '.$feed);
         $limit = 0;
 
         foreach ($html->find('item') as $element) {
@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ class WeLiveSecurityBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/bridges/WikipediaBridge.php b/bridges/WikipediaBridge.php
index d222f45..3c060e9 100644
--- a/bridges/WikipediaBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/WikipediaBridge.php
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class WikipediaBridge extends BridgeAbstract{
 		}
 
 		// This will automatically send us to the correct main page in any language (try it!)
-		$html = $this->file_get_html($this->uri . '/wiki');
+		$html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($this->uri . '/wiki');
 
 		if(!$html)
 			$this->returnServerError('Could not load site: ' . $this->uri . '!');
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class WikipediaBridge extends BridgeAbstract{
 	* Loads the full article from a given URI
 	*/
 	private function LoadFullArticle($uri){
-		$content_html = $this->file_get_html($uri);
+		$content_html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($uri);
 		
 		if(!$content_html)
 			$this->returnServerError('Could not load site: ' . $uri . '!');
diff --git a/bridges/ZDNetBridge.php b/bridges/ZDNetBridge.php
index c33f20a..0751592 100644
--- a/bridges/ZDNetBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/ZDNetBridge.php
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ class ZDNetBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
         if ($feed !== preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9-\/]+/', '', $feed) || substr_count($feed, '/') > 1 || strlen($feed > 64))
             $this->returnClientError('Invalid "feed" parameter.');
         $url = $baseUri.trim($feed, '/').'/rss.xml';
-        $html = $this->file_get_html($url) or $this->returnServerError('Could not request ZDNet: '.$url);
+        $html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($url) or $this->returnServerError('Could not request ZDNet: '.$url);
         $limit = 0;
 
         foreach ($html->find('item') as $element) {
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ class ZDNetBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
                 $article_title = StripCDATA($element->find('title', 0)->plaintext);
                 $article_subtitle = StripCDATA($element->find('description', 0)->plaintext);
                 $article_timestamp = strtotime(StripCDATA($element->find('pubDate', 0)->plaintext));
-                $article = $this->file_get_html($article_url) or $this->returnServerError('Could not request ZDNet: '.$article_url);
+                $article = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($article_url) or $this->returnServerError('Could not request ZDNet: '.$article_url);
 
                 if (!empty($article_author))
                     $author = $article_author;