<?php

        function getStats($e) {
            $cookies = tmpfile();
            $userAgent = 'duxZero';

            $eURL = NULL;

            switch ($e) {
                case "btc-e":
                    $eURL = "https://btc-e.com/api/2/btc_usd/ticker";
                    break;
                case "bitstamp":
                    $eURL = "https://www.bitstamp.net/api/ticker/";
                    break;
                default:
                    $eURL = "https://www.bitstamp.net/api/ticker/";
                    break;
            }

            $cURL = curl_init($eURL);

            $options = array(
                CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT => 20,
                CURLOPT_USERAGENT => $userAgent,
                CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER => true,
                CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
                CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
                CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE => $cookies,
                CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR => $cookies,
                CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => 0,
                CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => 0
            );

            curl_setopt_array($cURL, $options);
            $contents = curl_exec($cURL);
            curl_close($cURL);
            return json_decode($contents, true);
        }

        $a = getStats("btc-e");
        echo $a['ticker']['high'];

        echo "<br/>";

        $b = getStats("bitstamp");
        echo $b['high'];
        ?>