I will try to be as detailed as I can, so please read thoroughly.

I am currently trying to implement a Google PageRank checker using a couple of tools available online. These required the use of file_get_contents, so, after looking at the GoDaddy help site, I replaced it with the appropriate cURL call (since they don't support file_get_contents and they also use a proxy server):

    $ch = curl_init($url);

    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL, 0);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_HTTP);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY,"http://proxy.shr.secureserver.net:3128");
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 120);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEOUTED, 120);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 0);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);

    return curl_exec($ch);

As you can see, I tried to accomodate every applicable and relevant option, but to no avail. You can see at http://www.rioleo.org/pagerank/ that whenever you enter any website, the Google PageRank number remains at '0'.

Is there any way you may be able to assist me to this regard? I've spent a good six hours on this and would like some concrete help. Thank you!

You ever thought of just changing host? Testing that site it seems slow.

Whats the code your using to get the pagerank?