How to use HTTPGet variable in URL (ExactTarget)?

Been trying to figure out a way to pass in the variable into a HTTPGet function for long time now. How to do it? Here’s what I have so far, but it doesn’t return anything.

<p id="date" style="font-family:Georgia, serif; color:#446c5a; font-style:italic; font-size:16px; padding-top:0px; margin-bottom:0;">%%xtmonth%% %%xtday%%, %%xtyear%%</p>

%%[Var @curdate, @url

SET @curdate = Format(Now(), "MMddyyyy")
SET @url = Concat("http://theurltograbdatafrom.com/index.php?d=", @curdate)

HTTPGet(@url)
]%%

<p>%%=v(@url)=%%</p>

Have also tried the following:

<p id="date" style="font-family:Georgia, serif; color:#446c5a; font-style:italic; font-size:16px; padding-top:0px; margin-bottom:0;">%%xtmonth%% %%xtday%%, %%xtyear%%</p>

%%[Var @curdate, @url
SET @curdate = Format(Now(), "MMddyyyy")
SET @url = Concat("http://theurltograbdatafrom.com/index.php?d=", @curdate)
httpget; @url ]%%

<p>%%=v(@url)=%%</p>

Both examples return absolutely nothing! However the return value in <p>%%=v(@url)=%%</p> returns the proper URL, but how to use this url in either of these ways??

I am putting this code in a Content Area and than calling it from within an email that has that content retrieved into it.

Answer

<p id="date" style="font-family:Georgia, serif; color:#446c5a; font-style:italic; font-size:16px; padding-top:0px; margin-bottom:0;">%%xtmonth%% %%xtday%%, %%xtyear%%</p>

%%[Var @curdate, @url
SET @curdate = Format(Now(), "MMddyyyy")
SET @url = Concat("http://theurltograbdatafrom.com/index.php?d=", @curdate) ]%%

%%=HTTPGet(v(@url))=%%

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