PHP function to grab Twitter feed (JSON).
<?php
/**
* TweetFeed, Get listing of twitter feed.
* By default an <ul> is used but customized to your own liking.
* @param STRING $screenname, Twitter screenname
* @param INT $count, Number of tweets to display
*/
function tweetFeed( $screenname, $count )
{
date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');
$jsonTwitURL = "https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.json?screen_name=".$screenname;
$JSON = file_get_contents($jsonTwitURL);
$tweets = json_decode($JSON, true);
echo '<ul>';
for( $i = 0; $i < $count; $i++)
{
/**
* Get json objects & GO CRAZY!
*/
$tweet_text = $tweets[$i]['text'];
// Linkify
$tweet_text = str_pad($tweet_text, 3, ' ', STR_PAD_LEFT);
$tweet_text = preg_replace("/(http:\/\/)(.*?)\/([\w\.\/\&\=\?\-\,\:\;\#\_\~\%\+]*)/", "<a href=\"\\0\">\\0</a>", $tweet_text);
$tweet_text = preg_replace("(@([a-zA-Z0-9\_]+))", "<a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/\\1\">\\0</a>", $text);
$tweet_text = preg_replace('/(^|\s)#(\w+)/', '\1<a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23\2">#\2</a>', $tweet_text);
$tweet_date = $tweets[$i]['created_at'];
$datePosted = date( 'n/d', strtotime($tweet_date));
echo '<li>'.$tweet_text.' '. $datePosted.'</li>';
}
echo '</ul>';
}
?>