Question

I am using the following php code to display Facebook Fans. Was hoping to do something similar for Twitter.

Any help Appreciated.

<?php
function fbfan() {
$pageID = 'facebookID';
$info = json_decode(file_get_contents('http://graph.facebook.com/' . $pageID));
echo $info->likes;
}
?>

Using :

<p><?php fbfan(); ?> Facebook Fans</p>

The above works great meaning we can style to our hearts content, plus its lightweight.

Is there anything remotely similar for Twitter ? To echo number of followers.

Answer 1

Just use the twitter json file like you are with the facebook API

<?php
function twitterFollowers() {
$pageID = 'wesbos';
$info = json_decode(file_get_contents('http://api.twitter.com/users/' . $pageID .'.json'));
echo $info->followers_count; 
}
?>

Beware though that you should cache the json file as twitter limits you to something like 60/hour