PHP code used:
Hence the error message given is "could not authenticate" -$response
while( $message = array_pop($messages) ){
$ch = curl_init('http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 10);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, 'status='.urlencode($message));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $settings['twitter-username'].':'.
$settings['twitter-password']);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
$resp = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);
echo '<br>posted '.urlencode($message).'<br>';
if ( $resp != '200' )
die('Problem with twitter. We should try later. Twitter
reported: '.
$response);
else
sleep(5);//Sleep 5 seconds before the next update
}
On Apr 20, 11:48 am, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It would be helpful if you provided code and more details.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 02:14, Adrian <spiritpo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Also, for the account that works, if I changes its screen name to the
> > account that doesn't work well, that working account stops working
> > properly.
>
> > On Apr 20, 10:12 am, Adrian <spiritpo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I have a php script that posts updates tohttp://
> > twitter.com/statuses/update.xml
>
> > > It works reliably when posting to one account of mine, but when
> > > switching to another, it constantly says "Problem with Twitter. Could
> > > not authenticate you. Try again later."
>
> > > I try again later, multiple times, and only sometimes it will actually
> > > work. With the other account it always works, so there's something up
> > > with Twitter and some accounts for such updating.
>
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