This is a cool little widget that you can use to count your twitter followers, just follow me and you can't go wrong

Lets get started with the PHP...

Code:

<?php
$tw = get_option("twitterfollowerscount");
if ($tw['lastcheck'] < ( mktime() - 3600 ) )
{
$xml=file_get_contents('http://twitter.com/users/show.xml?screen_name=YOUR-FEED');
if (preg_match('/followers_count>(.*)</',$xml,$match)!=0) {
$tw['count'] = $match[1];
}
$tw['lastcheck'] = mktime();
update_option("twitterfollowerscount",$tw);
}
echo $tw['count'];
?>

OK so you looking at the code and thinking what the ****, here is a simple explanation

The first couple of lines grab the twitter count, notice the “mktime 3600″. This means the twitter count will get called every 3600 seconds or every hour instead of calling it on every page load

The next couple of lines is your twitter feed

Code:

$xml=file_get_contents('http://twitter.com/users/show.xml?screen_name=YOUR-FEED');

Where you see YOUR-FEED replace it with your feed, here is an example:

Code:

$xml=file_get_contents('http://twitter.com/users/show.xml?screen_name=RockerMan');

OK so now save your file as twitter.php and place it into your website directory.

Now inside your templates place this code where you would like to display the widget:

Code:

<?php include("twitter.php"); ?>

You can easily change the way it looks by using CSS, here is an example.

HTML:

Code:

<p><span class="twitter-followers"><?php include("twitter.php"); ?></span> Followers</p>

CSS:

Code:


p{
color:#fff;
}

span.twitter-followers {
font-size: 24px;
vertical-align: middle;
padding-left: 5px;
color: #1e96db;
}

Hope you enjoy!
RockerMan

Nice tutorial

Thank you

I'd love to see a demo/preview of how it looks ,
And I personally found your

OK so you looking at the code and thinking what the ****, here is a simple explanation

this post , pretty aggressive

Unfortunatly, I am still in the middle of designing my website. I am getting my hosting sometime soon, then I will be posting demos etc...

These are just some things that I know from today at uni

Well , you can always make a test forum , and try it out there , and show it to others

A test forum?

Every free forum hosting I have checked does not support PHP and I have not got a premium acount with BraveHost. I am getting hosting very soon

If I can I will upload it to the Uni's FTP but don't hold me on it

OK, so I tried to upload it to the uni's FTP but I got caught. Lol

If anyone has any ideas or would like to host it for me please speak up

RockerMan wrote:OK, so I tried to upload it to the uni's FTP but I got caught. Lol

If anyone has any ideas or would like to host it for me please speak up

You can get a free web host that provides PHP. Many free hosts provide PHP and databases.

Yes but most of them don't provide direct linking unless you have a premium account

Any news on this been accepted or declined

The tutorial is good so I haven't rejected it but it would be better if you can show a demo.

If you manage to put a demo of this tut somewhere, I'll accept it right away

Okidoke, I will try to get a demo up sometime today...

You can reject this as it is not working for some strange reason

I will PM you when I get it working

Ok...as you wish

Rejected