On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:30 AM, ArnieLapinig <arnie.lapi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I found the problem... the Twitter API does return XML, but on my LAMP > system, the PHP > var_dump($variable) method strips away the XML tags! This seems > ridiculous to me, but > then the documentation on var_dump is skimpy...
I bet JDG's theory is correct. If you echo "<pre>" before the var_dump and "</pre>" afterward, it will probably display correctly, assuming you are doing this var_dump in a browser. The fact that the string is 2023 bytes as reported by var_dump and not nearly that long in what you pasted is another good indication that the browser is just hiding the xml tags from view. -Chad > > Thanks again for your help. > > > , > On Oct 13, 9:51 pm, Scott Haneda <talkli...@newgeo.com> wrote: >> I just ran your exact code, and was able to pull an xml string just >> fine, so I do not believe it is your code. The only thing I can think >> is you may want to curl_close() the connection, perhaps there is some >> caching or other similar thing in effect, though that is a big long >> shot. >> >> Maybe try curl on the command line, on the same host, and see what >> your results are, if that works, you can start looking at your code, >> otherwise, it may just be an temporary glitch in the API. >> >> You may want to look into doing some more testing in your command >> though, return the headers, and look at the http responses, so you >> know when you have a 200 ok one, versus some of the others, in which >> case you will want to be abel to gracefully degrade your application >> in some way. >> >> Sorry I could not be of more help. >> -- >> Scott * If you contact me off list replace talklists@ with scott@ * >> >> On Oct 13, 2009, at 9:37 PM, ArnieLapinig wrote: >> >> >> >> > Hello, >> >> > I hope someone can help.... my query with the REST API /users/show.xml >> > doesn't seem to be returning an xml string... >> >> > I'm getting strange data back from my query. Here's the code: >> >> > $twitterHost = 'http://twitter.com/users/show.xml? >> > screen_name=' . urlencode($lookforname); >> >> > $curl = curl_init(); >> >> > curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 2); >> > curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HEADER, false); >> > curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC); >> > curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); >> > curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$username: >> > $password"); >> > curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, >> > CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1); >> > curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $twitterHost); >> >> > $query = curl_exec($curl); >> >> > and here's what i'm getting: >> >> > $twitterHost string(59) "http://twitter.com/users/show.xml? >> > screen_name=mandarine_one" >> >> > $query >> >> > string(2023) " 32432559 anton mandarine_one Neuburg an der Donau >> > Mediengestalter, Nerd, Comic- und Musikliebhaber, nörgelt gerne über >> > die Arbeit.http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/435301043/twitter_normal.jpg >> >http://www.grizzlyfear.defalse 159 EBEBEB 333333 990000 F3F3F3 DFDFDF >> > 238 Fri Apr 17 14:49:15 +0000 2009 23 3600 Berlin >> >http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/41257908/8edd7_014-serg... >> > true 2129 false false false false Tue Oct 13 17:19:41 +0000 2009 >> > 4839657896 @_Schnucki_ madame sie gruseln mir die scheisse aus dem >> > leid. du schreibst von stromschlag und bei mir geht das licht aus >> > #scary <a target='_blank' href="http://www.atebits.com/"; >> > rel="nofollow">Tweetie</a> false 4839540863 50962463 false _Schnucki_ >> > " >> >> > when i paste "http://twitter.com/users/show.xml? >> > screen_name=mandarine_one" into the browser, i get an xml string: >> >> > <user> >> > <id>32432559</id> >> > <name>anton</name> >> > <screen_name>mandarine_one</screen_name> >> > <location>Neuburg an der Donau</location> >> > <description> >> > Mediengestalter, Nerd, Comic- und Musikliebhaber, nörgelt gerne über >> > die Arbeit. >> > </description> >> > <profile_image_url> >> >http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/435301043/twitter_normal.jpg >> > </profile_image_url> >> > <url>http://www.grizzlyfear.de</url> >> > <protected>false</protected> >> > etc etc etc etc... >> >> > Am I making some sort of basic mistake? >> >> > Thanks for helping... >
