diff --git a/includes/retrieve_data.php b/includes/retrieve_data.php
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+++ b/includes/retrieve_data.php
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+<?php
+$fname = "/srv/http/sitedata.yml";
+
+$myfile = fopen($fname, "r") or die("Unable to open file!");
+$data =  fread($myfile,filesize($fname));
+fclose($myfile);
+
+$parsed = yaml_parse($data);
+
+var_dump($parsed);
+
+?>