Web Development TutorialsWritten By Peter Kelly

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<created_at>Tue Apr 07 22:52:51 +0000 2009</created_at>
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<text>At least I can get your humor through tweets. RT @abdur: I don't mean this in a bad way, but genetically speaking your a cul-de-sac.</text>
<source><a href="http://www.tweetdeck.com/">TweetDeck</a></source>
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 <name>Doug Williams</name>
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 <description>Twitter API Support. Internet, greed, users, dougw and opportunities are my passions.</description>
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 <created_at>Sun Mar 18 06:42:26 +0000 2007</created_at>
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function view_twitter_status($username)
{
    $twitter_url = "http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/".$username.".xml?count=1"; // Twitter API Url
    $buffer = file_get_contents($twitter_url); // Using the Twitter API Url retrieve the contents.
    // Create a new SimpleXMLElement using the contents retrieved from Twitter.
    $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($buffer); 
    // So now we need to get to obtaining the information we want.
    $status_item = $xml->status;
    $status = $status_item->text;
    // Return $status which has the current status in it.
    return $status;
}

<?php
//PASTE FUNCTION HERE
 
echo view_twitter_status("BioHosts");
?>