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makotokw/twient
===============

Twitter Client for PHP 5.3+

v0.7(8y ago)2632.0k↓50%1MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Jan 16Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-twient
==========

[](#php-twient)

php-twient is a php5.3+ twitter client library and Composer package.

FEATURES
========

[](#features)

- Composer package
- Use namespace for PHP 5.3+
- Support Twitter API v1.1
- Should work with/without php\_curl (detects php\_curl automatically)

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

Install by using Composer
-------------------------

[](#install-by-using-composer)

Composer:

create blew composer.json on your project directory and execute `composer install`

```
/path/to/project/composer.json
{
    "require": {
        "makotokw/twient": "dev-master"
    }
}

```

Get timeline
------------

[](#get-timeline)

```

```

Post status (Tweet)
-------------------

[](#post-status-tweet)

```
$twitter->call('statuses/update', array('status' => 'tweet by php-twient'));

```

Using Streaming API with closure
--------------------------------

[](#using-streaming-api-with-closure)

The streaming method is terminated when callback returns false.

```
$twitter->streaming(
    'statuses/filter',
    array('track' => 'Sushi,Japan'),
    function ($twitter, $status) {
        static $count = 0;
        echo $status['user']['name'] . ':' . $status['text'] . PHP_EOL;
        return ($count++ < 5);
    }
);

```

Alternative API
---------------

[](#alternative-api)

```
use Makotokw\Twient\Twitter\V1dot1 as Twitter;

$twitter = new Twitter();
...
$twitter->statusesHomeTimeline();       // instead of "call('statuses/home_timeline')"
$twitter->statusesUpdate(...);          // instead of "call('statuses/update', ...)"
$twitter->streamingStatusesFilter(...);    // instead of "streaming('statuses/filter', ...)"

```

HISTORY
=======

[](#history)

v0.7
----

[](#v07)

- Supported media/upload api

v0.6
----

[](#v06)

- Added vendor namespace `Makotokw\Twient`
- No longer supported TinyURL
- PSR-4 Auto Loading

v0.5.1
------

[](#v051)

- Used https scheme for Streaming API

v0.5
----

[](#v05)

- Supported Twitter API v1.1

v0.4
----

[](#v04)

- Updated to Composer package
- Required PHP5.3+
- PSR-2 Coding Standard

v0.3.1
------

[](#v031)

- Uses the Services\_JSON instead of json\_decode when PHP &lt; 5.2.0

v0.3
----

[](#v03)

- Fixed that OAuth part have deprecated function on PHP 5.3 or later
- Supported Trends Methods
- Updated Status Methods and User Methods

v0.2
----

[](#v02)

- Supported Search API.
- Supported User, Friendship and Social Graph Methods of REST API.
- Supported Streaming API.
- Changed call method returns associative arrays instead of objects.
- Added assoc flag to return associative arrays or objects.

v0.1
----

[](#v01)

- Initial Release

LICENSE
=======

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT)
See also LICENSE file

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 98% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~411 days

Total

5

Last Release

3225d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b11136deeff255f3e82db25342678c5c5c3d37832be96408b2e4aa4dc24f4ed3?d=identicon)[makotokw](/maintainers/makotokw)

---

Top Contributors

[![makotokw](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/53834?v=4)](https://github.com/makotokw "makotokw (50 commits)")[![ishinao](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/74993?v=4)](https://github.com/ishinao "ishinao (1 commits)")

---

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