file_get_contents() returns garbled data

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I am trying to use the SO API (eg: http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/users/3) to get some data:\[code\]<?php$data = http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3883908/file_get_contents('http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/users/3');echo $data;?>\[/code\]But the returned contents are garbled. I tested it on a couple different servers, including http://codepad.viper-7.com/9GFvsM. Is it my code or the API?