Update your Twitter status using php

Twitter is awesome! Using the simple script below you, you can post updates to twitter. Don’t forget to add your username, password and message below.

<?php
function tweetThis($strUsername = '', $strPassword = '', $strMessage = '') {
    if (function_exists('curl_init')) {
        $twitterUsername = trim($strUsername);
        $twitterPassword = trim($strPassword);
        if(strlen($strMessage) > 140) {
            $strMessage = substr($strMessage, 0, 140);
        }
        $twitterStatus = htmlentities(trim(strip_tags($strMessage)));
        if (!empty($twitterUsername) && !empty($twitterPassword) && !empty($twitterStatus)) {
            $strTweetUrl = 'http://www.twitter.com/statuses/update.xml';
            $objCurlHandle = curl_init();
            curl_setopt($objCurlHandle, CURLOPT_URL, "$strTweetUrl");
            curl_setopt($objCurlHandle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 2);
            curl_setopt($objCurlHandle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
            curl_setopt($objCurlHandle, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
            curl_setopt($objCurlHandle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "status=$twitterStatus");
            curl_setopt($objCurlHandle, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$twitterUsername:$twitterPassword");
            $result = curl_exec($objCurlHandle);
            $arrResult = curl_getinfo($objCurlHandle);
            if ($arrResult['http_code'] == 200) {
                echo 'Your Tweet has been posted';
            }
            else {
                echo 'Could not post your Tweet to Twitter.';
            }
            curl_close($objCurlHandle);
        }
        else {
            echo('Missing required information to submit your Tweet.');
        }
    }
    else {
        echo('Curl Extension is not installed.');
    }
}
?>

<?php
        // Send a Tweet to your Twitter account.
        tweetThis('my_user_name', 'my_password', 'my_tweet_message');
?>