// This is the fixed function code
  function themedrive_getinfo()
  {
  	  global $themedrive_localversion;

      $checkfile = "http://svn.wp-plugins.org/theme-test-drive/trunk/themedrive.chk";
      
      $status = array();
//      return $status;
      $vcheck = wp_remote_fopen($checkfile);
      
      if ($vcheck) {
          $version = $themedrive_localversion;
          
          $status = explode('@', $vcheck);
//          return $status;
      }
      return $status;
  }