Plugin Doesn't Work

Hi!
Does the plugin work under WP new version because the codes are pasted in Text Widget and saved but displayed as raw HTML.Below are the codes I tried to install in sidebar using Text Widget.

<?php

// The following variable defines whether links are opened in a new window
$openInNewWindow = “1”;
$linkkey = “9b20845a-17b0-a924-75d4-a1fecc2de2bf”;
$url = urlencode((($_SERVER[‘HTTPS’]==’on’)?’https://&#8217;:’https://&#8217;).$_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’].$_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’]);
$query = “pageurl=”.$url;
$query .= “&linkkey=” .urlencode($linkkey);
$query .= “&newwindow=” .urlencode($openInNewWindow);
$query .= “&referer=”.urlencode($_SERVER[‘HTTP_REFERER’]);

//You can use any other function, which returns content back instead of CURL or readfile()
if(intval(get_cfg_var(‘allow_url_fopen’)) && function_exists(‘readfile’)) {
@readfile(“https://www.backlinks4u.com/getlinksbox.php?&#8221;.$query);
}elseif(function_exists(‘curl_init’)) {
$ch = curl_init (“https://www.backlinks4u.com/getlinksbox.php?&#8221;.$query);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_exec ($ch);

if(curl_error($ch))
print “Error processing request”;

curl_close ($ch);
}
else {
print “It appears that your web host has disabled all functions for handling remote pages.”;
}
?>

Kindly let me know what when wrong here.
Thanks

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