I am having issues with my php script that I am using for gathering a users followers by accessing the twitter API. The script works fine for a user that has < 5000 followers but I tried adjusting the script using cursors to collect the complete set of users. Here is my script:
<?php
$cursor = -1;
$file = fopen ('ids.csv', 'w+');
fwrite($file, "User id\n\r");
for ($i = 0; $i <= 1; $i++)
{
$xml = getFollowers($cursor);
foreach ($xml->ids->id as $id)
{
fwrite($file, $id . ", ");
fwrite($file, "\n");
}
$cursor = $xml->next_cursor;
}
function getFollowers ($cursor)
{
$xmldata = 'https://api.twitter.com/1/followers/ids.xml?cursor='.$cursor.'&screen_name=microsoft';
$open = fopen($xmldata, 'r');
$content = stream_get_contents($open);
fclose($open);
$xml = simplexml_load_file($xmldata);
return $xml;
}
?>
I am getting an error
Warning: fopen("https://api.twitter.com/1/followers/ids.xml?cursor=-1&screen_name=microsoft") failed to open stream HTTP request failed bad request
warning: stream_get_contents() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given.
Any ideas?
