[php] Checking if Hotmail Exists

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function hotmailExists($email)
{
    $ch = curl_init();
    
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://accountservices.passport.net/pp1300/memberexists.srf");
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIE, "MSPMemberExists=$email");
    
    $response = curl_exec($ch);
    curl_close($ch); 
    
    return stripos($response, "MSPMemberExists=MemberExists") !== false;
}