[twitter-dev] Re: monitor a #

2009-10-01 Thread Andrew Badera
You have to think beyond PHP. 1) Consider having a third-party ping monitoring utility ping your PHP script to hit the Search API for the tag once a minute. 2) Write something in Python or Ruby or C++ and have it run on the server as a daemon, once a minute. Or have curl or something else local

[twitter-dev] Re: monitor a #

2009-10-01 Thread Kevin Mesiab
Or a chron job ;) On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Andrew Badera and...@badera.us wrote: You have to think beyond PHP. 1) Consider having a third-party ping monitoring utility ping your PHP script to hit the Search API for the tag once a minute. 2) Write something in Python or Ruby or C++

[twitter-dev] Re: monitor a #

2009-10-01 Thread Andrew Badera
Read #2 Kevin. ∞ Andy Badera ∞ +1 518-641-1280 ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private ∞ Google me: http://www.google.com/search?q=andrew%20badera On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 4:59 AM, Kevin Mesiab ke...@mesiablabs.com wrote: Or a chron job ;) On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:53 PM,

[twitter-dev] Re: monitor a #

2009-10-01 Thread Andrew Badera
And, that only works if you have appropriate access to the server. On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Andrew Badera and...@badera.us wrote: Read #2 Kevin. ∞ Andy Badera ∞ +1 518-641-1280 ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private ∞ Google me:

[twitter-dev] Re: monitor a #

2009-10-01 Thread Kevin Mesiab
Attention to detail fail. ;) On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Andrew Badera and...@badera.us wrote: And, that only works if you have appropriate access to the server. On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Andrew Badera and...@badera.us wrote: Read #2 Kevin. ∞ Andy Badera ∞ +1 518-641-1280 ∞

[twitter-dev] Re: monitor a #

2009-10-01 Thread Andrew Badera
5am Eastern, it's probably forgivable. ;) On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 5:08 AM, Kevin Mesiab ke...@mesiablabs.com wrote: Attention to detail fail. ;) On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Andrew Badera and...@badera.us wrote: And, that only works if you have appropriate access to the server. On

[twitter-dev] Re: monitor a #

2009-10-01 Thread Chris
Appreciate all the help from you guys. Anyone want to link me to a C++ or cURL tutorial? Bless, Chris On Oct 1, 10:13 am, Andrew Badera and...@badera.us wrote: 5am Eastern, it's probably forgivable. ;) On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 5:08 AM, Kevin Mesiab ke...@mesiablabs.com wrote: Attention to

[twitter-dev] Re: monitor a #

2009-10-01 Thread Andrew Badera
Sure, here's a GREAT cURL tutorial: http://bit.ly/RMLrN ∞ Andy Badera ∞ +1 518-641-1280 ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private ∞ Google me: http://www.google.com/search?q=andrew%20badera On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Chris bigonr...@googlemail.com wrote: Appreciate all

[twitter-dev] Re: monitor a #

2009-10-01 Thread Michael Steuer
You can actually also make PHP scripts run as a daemon, or as a CLI application that you can call via cron every minute. I've done this in the past, but it was years ago. Do a quick google search for run php script as daemon and you'll find plenty of help and examples... On Oct 1,

[twitter-dev] Re: monitor a #

2009-10-01 Thread John Kalucki
If you'd like to monitor a static set of hashtags, use the Streaming API. You'll receive the highest proportion of tags with the least amount of filtering and hassle. There are a number of good Streaming API clients out in the wild. -John Kalucki http://twitter.com/jkalucki Services, Twitter