Twitter php Problem

[marvker]

Hi everyone,

For a while I'have been looking for a solution for my problem with a twitter php file what used to work at first.

I' found out that it's because my server doesn't support the old php anymore. So on the internet i' looked for the problem and think
it's: $content = get_content, but I' don't know that for shure.
Can anyone help me with a solution or tell me what i' can do to make it work.
I' got the file from: http://www.republicofcode.com/tutori...r_widget/3.php

<?php
 /*
 * @return string
 * @param string $url
 * @desc Return string content from a remote file
 * @author Luiz Miguel Axcar (lmaxcar@yahoo.com.br)
 */

function get_content($url)
 {
 $ch = curl_init();

 curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
 curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);

 ob_start();

 curl_exec ($ch);
curl_close ($ch);
 $string = ob_get_contents();

 ob_end_clean();

 return $string; 
}

#usage:
 $content = get_content ("http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline.xml?screen_name=blue_chi");
 echo $content;
 ?>

Thanks in advance,
Marv

[Musicman]

Hi,

the _current_ way of doing things in php would be

<?
$content = file_get_contents("http://....");
echo $content;
?>

If that does not work, it is most likely because the hosting company has disabled the feature. Now, chances are that they would also disable other features.

You should perhaps view a php_info file for your site and check whether it has
fopen_wrappers
curl

[marvker]

I tried but it does not work. I've watched the php_info standing there fopen_wrappers
curl enabled and on
The php version of the hosting company has PHP Version 5.3.3-7
What else can I try?

[Musicman]

Hi,

what happens when you add a few test printouts?

<?
echo "starting<br>";
$content = file_get_contents("http://....");
echo "after reading<br>";
echo $content;
?>

BTW: I have tried the above link with a few likely names, and always get nice xml saying "page does not exist"

[marvker]

Hi,

I have tried. The result is: HTTP request failed. Maybe twitter has changed its feeds so i need a different parsing to fix it.

[Musicman]

it might be worth trying with an arbitrary website url too, to find out whether it is the hosting company blocking things, or twitter. The url I tried DID return a valid http result, but the result text said "does not exist"

Musicman