Hi. Thanks. Well I tried it from a shared server. I got some success
but then I added
httpRequest('twitter.com');
echo "<p>Response:<br /><hr /><pre>$response</pre><hr /></p>n";
httpRequest('twitter.com', '/statuses/update.xml?status=I am testing
the Twitter API', 'POST');
echo "<p>Response:<br /><hr /><pre>$response</pre><hr /></p>n";
httpRequest('twitter.com', '/statuses/update.xml?status=Test+Test
+1+2+3!', 'POST');
echo "<p>Response:<br /><hr /><pre>$response</pre><hr /></p>n";
just underneath the line: //<!-- Replace the following code for later
examples from the article -->
but it does not seem to write to my account.
Also, the webpage takes a long time to load (about 90 secs) and then
shows
Contacting Twitter...
n
Response:
n
Response:
n
Response:
n
with three sets of two horizontal lines.
Any idea why it is not writing to my account?
Thanks!
On Mar 30, 12:11 pm, Ed Finkler <funkat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay, first off, the "Fatal error" is happening because PHP on your
> install is set-up to time-out scripts after 60 seconds (this is to
> avoid runaway processes on the server).
>
> I'm not sure exactly why your socket connection is timing out. One
> possibility is that a local firewall is blocking outgoing connections
> until you explicitly allow them.
>
> I'd recommend installing a Windows binary of curl for testing on the
> command line, and also grabbing a copy of the Charles debugging proxy
> to see what's actually being sent and received (if anything!).
>
> --
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>
> On Mar 29, 10:37 pm, Bill <william...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi, I tried to access the twitter API with the following code but I
> > get the error:
> > Contacting Twitter...
> > n
> > Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 60 seconds exceeded in C:\xampp
> > \htdocs\twitter.php on line 26
>
> > I am running this from an apache server on my home computer
> > at:http://127.0.0.1/twitter.php
>
> > I have not applied for any special account with twitter, just my
> > regular twitter id and password were entered. Can anyone tell me why
> > this is not working?
> > Thanks!
>
> > <?php
> > $twitter_username = 'xxxx';
> > $twitter_password = 'xxxx';
>
> > $errno = 0;
> > $errstr = '';
> > $response = '';
>
> > function httpRequest($host, $path = '/', $method = 'GET') {
>
> > global $errno, $errstr, $response;
> > global $twitter_username, $twitter_password;
>
> > $header = "$method $path HTTP/1.1rn";
> > $header .= "Host: $hostrn";
> > $header .= "Accept-Encoding: nonern";
> > $header .= "Authorization: Basic " . base64_encode
> > ("{$twitter_username}:{$twitter_password}") . "rn";
> > $header .= "Connection: Closernrn";
>
> > $sock = fsockopen($host, 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);
> > if (!$sock) {
> > die("<p><strong>fsockopen() error:</strong><br />$errstr ($errno)
> > </p>");
> > } else {
> > fwrite($sock, $header);
> > while (!feof($sock)) {
> > $response .= fgets($sock, 128);
> > }
> > fclose($sock);
>
> > $response = trim(str_replace(array('<', '>'), array('<',
> > '>'), $response));
> > return true;
> > }
>
> > }
>
> > echo "<p>Contacting Twitter...</p>n";
>
> > //<!-- Replace the following code for later examples from the article
> > -->
> > httpRequest('twitter.com');
> > echo "<p>Response:<br /><hr /><pre>$response</pre><hr /></p>n";
>
> > ?>
