allow_url_fopen is not enabled on server

My problem is the allow_url_fopen is currently not enabled on the server for security reasons (and it is recommended to do it even on Drupal sites!!!).
But now the module can't download the PO files because it is still using fopen() to do it (both the 7.x-1.0 and 7.x-2.0 versions) but the server doesn't allow it to happen.
Can you make an another version of this module that can still work when the allow_url_fopen is disabled on the server!?
(Maybe using cURL to download the POs, because the cURL way is still working when allow_url_fopen is disabled on the server.)