diff --git a/post.php b/post.php
index f0297c28..c47bf8cd 100644
--- a/post.php
+++ b/post.php
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ require_once 'inc/bootstrap.php';
 /**
  * Get the md5 hash of the file.
  *
- * @param [type] $config instance configuration.
- * @param [type] $file file to the the md5 of.
+ * @param [type] $config Instance configuration.
+ * @param [type] $file File to do the md5 of.
  * @return string|false
  */
 function md5_hash_of_file($config, $file)
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@ function md5_hash_of_file($config, $file)
 /**
  * Strip the markup from the given string
  *
- * @param string $post_body the body of the post.
+ * @param string $post_body The body of the post.
  * @return string
  */
 function strip_markup($post_body)
 {
     if (mysql_version() >= 50503) {
-        return $post_body; // Assume we're using the utf8mb4 charset
+        // Assume we're using the utf8mb4 charset.
+        return $post_body;
     } else {
-        // MySQL's `utf8` charset only supports up to 3-byte symbols
-        // Remove anything >= 0x010000
+        // MySQL's `utf8` charset only supports up to 3-byte symbols.
+        // Remove anything >= 0x010000.
 
         $chars = preg_split('//u', $post_body, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
         $res = '';
@@ -63,6 +64,36 @@ function strip_markup($post_body)
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Download the url's target with curl.
+ *
+ * @param [type] $url
+ * @param [type] $timeout
+ * @param [type] $fd
+ * @return null|string Returns a string on error.
+ */
+function download_file_into($url, $timeout, $fd)
+{
+    $err = null;
+    $curl = curl_init();
+    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
+    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, true);
+    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, false);
+    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5);
+    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $timeout);
+    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'Tinyboard');
+    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FILE, $fd);
+    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS, CURLPROTO_HTTP | CURLPROTO_HTTPS);
+    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4);
+
+    if (curl_exec($curl) === false) {
+        $err = curl_error($curl);
+    }
+
+    curl_close($curl);
+    return $err;
+}
+
 /**
  * Method handling functions
  */
@@ -740,27 +771,13 @@ function handle_post()
             $post['file_tmp'] = tempnam($config['tmp'], 'url');
             register_shutdown_function('unlink_tmp_file', $post['file_tmp']);
 
-            $fp = fopen($post['file_tmp'], 'w');
-
-            $curl = curl_init();
-            curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $post['file_url']);
-            curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, true);
-            curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, false);
-            curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5);
-            curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $config['upload_by_url_timeout']);
-            curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'Tinyboard');
-            curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER, true);
-            curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FILE, $fp);
-            curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS, CURLPROTO_HTTP | CURLPROTO_HTTPS);
-            curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4);
-
-            if (curl_exec($curl) === false) {
-                error($config['error']['nomove'] . '<br/>Curl says: ' . curl_error($curl));
-            }
-
-            curl_close($curl);
+            $fd = fopen($post['file_tmp'], 'w');
 
-            fclose($fp);
+            $dl_err = download_file_into($post['file_url'], $config['upload_by_url_timeout'], $fd);
+            fclose($fd);
+            if ($dl_err !== null) {
+                error($config['error']['nomove'] . '<br/>Curl says: ' . $dl_err);
+            }
 
             $_FILES[$post['file_tmp']] = array(
                 'name' => basename($url_without_params),
@@ -893,7 +910,6 @@ function handle_post()
                     in_array($cap, $config['mod']['capcode'][$mod['type']])
                 )
             ) {
-
                 $post['capcode'] = utf8tohtml($cap);
                 $post['name'] = $name;
             }