matt hackmann -> web developer

A tiny PHP/Twitter script just for you!

Posted on in php twitter programming

Was rather bored this afternoon and then I though to myself "Why not add Twitter functionality to my music page?" So, after some digging through Twitter APIs and some refreshers on HTTP Authentication, I wrote this tiny, beautiful little script.

Code: php
  1. <?php
  3. // Return values
  4. define ("TWITTER_OK", true);
  5. define ("TWITTER_UNAUTHORIZED", -1);
  6. define ("TWITTER_TOO_LONG", -2);
  7. define ("TWITTER_COULD_NOT_CONNECT", -3);
  8. function sendTweet ($status, $userName, $userPass)
  9. {
  10. // Open a socket to Twitter
  11. if (!($socket = fsockopen ("twitter.com", 80)))
  12. return TWITTER_COULD_NOT_CONNECT;
  14. // Create the headers
  15. $headers = "POST /statuses/update.xml HTTP/1.1\r\n";
  16. $headers .= "Host: twitter.com\r\n";
  17. $headers .= "Authorization: Basic ".base64_encode ($userName.":".$userPass)."\r\n";
  18. $headers .= "Content-length: ".strlen ("status=$status")."\r\n\r\n";
  19. $headers .= "status=$status\r\n";
  21. // Send the headers
  22. fwrite ($socket, $headers);
  24. // Get the response
  25. $response = "";
  26. while (!feof ($socket))
  27. $response .= fgets ($socket, 1024);
  29. // Check for HTTP status OK (200)
  30. if (!strpos ($response, "200"))
  31. return TWITTER_UNAUTHORIZED;
  32. return TWITTER_OK;
  34. }
  36. ?>

It is as simple as it looks. Enjoy!

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