Tom,

Yes, that code works perfectly for me exactly as is.  You might want to
change the connect timeout from 10 to 30 seconds.

How long are you waiting before calling it quits?  It does take a few
seconds for /track to start sending your results.

-Joel


On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Tom Fitzgerald <ccexpe...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I'm sorry Joel I keep getting a PHP timeout on the code you sent. I'll
> troubleshoot more and see if I can give you any more details (increase
> the maximum time, etc). Who knows, maybe its Twitter. Any other
> thoughts? I'll get back to you more with some detailed info. Are you
> able to get that exact code working on your server?
>
> On Aug 3, 2:12 pm, Joel Strellner <j...@twitturly.com> wrote:
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > I am not sure about XML, since I use JSON - it has a much lower
> > over-the-wire data size, and its easier to parse.
> >
> > Let me know if the code works for you.
> >
> > -Joel
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Tom Fitzgerald <ccexpe...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I appreciate the reply Joel. I'll give it a try. I also tried just
> > > downloading from the stream api with the curl command line. However I
> > > kept getting 'malformed xml' errors. It was weird, each tweet would
> > > have the <?xml ... tag before it. That ring any bells with you? Same
> > > thing with JSON format but it was a different error, still malformed.
> > > All I'm doing is
> >
> > > curlhttp://stream.twitter.com/spritzer.xml-uuser:pass
> >
> > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> is the exact line I get before
> > > every status. If I manually clean up the XML (or JSON) it works great.
> >
> > > On Aug 2, 7:10 pm, Joel Strellner <j...@twitturly.com> wrote:
> > > > Other than my username and password, this is an example that I know
> is
> > > > working:
> >
> > > > <?php
> > > > $count = 1;
> > > > $startparsing = false;
> >
> > > > $keyword_needles[] = 'twitter';
> > > > $keyword_needles[] = 'keyword2';
> > > > $keyword_needles[] = 'keyword3';
> > > > $keyword_needles[] = 'keyword4';
> >
> > > > // if your keywords have spaces, they must be urlencoded (twitter
> does
> > > > not support phrases, only the first keyword will be used, the space
> > > > character and after will be ignored)
> > > > foreach ($keyword_needles AS $i=>$needle) {
> > > >     $keyword_needles[$i] = urlencode($needle);
> >
> > > > }
> >
> > > > $poststr = 'track=' . implode(',', $keyword_needles);
> > > > $fp = fsockopen("stream.twitter.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 10);
> > > > if (!$fp) {
> > > >     echo "$errstr ($errno)\n";
> >
> > > > } else {
> >
> > > >     $out = "POST /track.json HTTP/1.1\r\n";
> > > >     $out .= "Host: stream.twitter.com\r\n";
> > > >     $out .= "User-Agent: YourUserAgent\r\n";
> > > >     $out .= "Referer:http://yourdomain.com\r\n";;
> > > >     $out .= "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n";
> > > >     $out .= "Authorization: Basic " . base64_encode
> > > > ("username:password")."\r\n";
> > > >     $out .= "Content-length: " . strlen($poststr) . "\r\n";
> > > >     $out .= "Connection: Close\r\n\r\n";
> > > >     $out .= $poststr . "\r\n\r\n";
> >
> > > >     fwrite($fp, $out);
> > > >     while (!feof($fp)) {
> > > >         $line = fgets($fp, 4096);
> > > >         if ($startparsing) {
> > > >             if (trim($line) != '') {
> > > >                 echo trim($line) . "\n";
> > > >                 $tweet_obj = json_decode(trim($line));
> > > >                 // do your stuff here
> > > >             }
> > > >         }
> > > >         else {
> > > >             // view the header lines: uncomment the below line
> > > >             echo trim($line) . "\n";
> >
> > > >             $header_arr[] = $line;
> > > >             $headercount = count($header_arr)-1;
> >
> > > >             if (trim($header_arr[$headercount]) == '') {
> > > >                 $startparsing = true;
> > > >                 $count = 1;
> > > >                 unset($header_arr, $headercount);
> > > >             }
> > > >         }
> > > >         if (trim($line) != '') $count++;
> > > >     }
> > > >     fclose($fp);}
> >
> > > > ?>
> >
> > > > The only changes I made was to echo things out and I added a keyword
> > > > that I was sure would have volume - twitter.  It did take a little
> bit
> > > > of time to connect.  I am assuming that that is because of their
> > > > current load though, and not the script.
> >
> > > > On Aug 2, 2:25 am, Tom Fitzgerald <ccexpe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > >Joel,
> >
> > > > > For some reason when I try your code I get a timeout error. Any
> > > > > suggestions? What you have is exactly what I'm looking for. It
> could
> > > > > really help me out a jam, thanks!
> >
> > > > > On Jul 27, 4:02 pm,JoelStrellner <j...@twitturly.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > > Here is a working example of how to do /track:
> >
> > > > > > $count = 1;
> > > > > > $startparsing = false;
> >
> > > > > > $keyword_needles[] = 'keyword1';
> > > > > > $keyword_needles[] = 'keyword2';
> > > > > > $keyword_needles[] = 'keyword3';
> > > > > > $keyword_needles[] = 'keyword4';
> >
> > > > > > // if your keywords have spaces, they must be urlencoded (twitter
> > > does not
> > > > > > support phrases, only the first keyword will be used, the space
> > > character
> > > > > > and after will be ignored)
> > > > > > foreach ($keyword_needles AS $i=>$needle) {
> > > > > >     $keyword_needles[$i] = urlencode($needle);
> >
> > > > > > }
> >
> > > > > > $poststr = 'track=' . implode(',', $keyword_needles);
> > > > > > $fp = fsockopen("stream.twitter.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);
> > > > > > if (!$fp) {
> > > > > >     echo "$errstr ($errno)\n";} else {
> >
> > > > > >     $out = "POST /track.json HTTP/1.1\r\n";
> > > > > >     $out .= "Host: stream.twitter.com\r\n";
> > > > > >     $out .= "User-Agent: YourUserAgent\r\n";
> > > > > >     $out .= "Referer:http://yourdomain.com\r\n";;
> > > > > >     $out .= "Content-Type:
> application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n";
> > > > > >     $out .= "Authorization: Basic " .
> > > > > > base64_encode("username:password")."\r\n";
> > > > > >     $out .= "Content-length: " . strlen($poststr) . "\r\n";
> > > > > >     $out .= "Connection: Close\r\n\r\n";
> > > > > >     $out .= $poststr . "\r\n\r\n";
> >
> > > > > >     fwrite($fp, $out);
> > > > > >     while (!feof($fp)) {
> > > > > >         $line = fgets($fp, 4096);
> > > > > >         if ($startparsing) {
> > > > > >             if (trim($line) != '') {
> > > > > >                 //echo trim($line) . "\n";
> > > > > >                 $tweet_obj = json_decode(trim($line));
> > > > > >                 // do your stuff here
> > > > > >             }
> > > > > >         }
> > > > > >         else {
> > > > > >             // view the header lines: uncomment the below line
> > > > > >             //echo trim($line) . "\n";
> >
> > > > > >             $header_arr[] = $line;
> > > > > >             $headercount = count($header_arr)-1;
> >
> > > > > >             if (trim($header_arr[$headercount]) == '') {
> > > > > >                 $startparsing = true;
> > > > > >                 $count = 1;
> > > > > >                 unset($header_arr, $headercount);
> > > > > >             }
> > > > > >         }
> > > > > >         if (trim($line) != '') $count++;
> > > > > >     }
> > > > > >     fclose($fp);
> >
> > > > > > }
> > > > > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Joseph <northwest...@gmail.com
> >
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > I am trying to use the track streaming API, but I'm having
> trouble
> > > > > > > with the syntax. The example shows how to use a tracking list
> > > stored
> > > > > > > in a file in the format: track = word1, word2, etc..
> >
> > > > > > > I tried the following (following a successful fsockopen call to
> > > > > > > stream.twitter.api:
> >
> > > > > > > POST /track.json track = Palin, #fubar HTTP/1.1 Host:
> > > > > > > stream.twitter.com User-Agent: UserAgent Authorization: Basic
> > > > > > > cGXybmFzc3TzZGV2OlBhcm5hMzT1Mzl4MDMz Connection: Close
> >
> > > > > > > and I am getting the following error code: HTTP/1.1 400 Bad
> Request
> >
> > > > > > > The actual relevant test PHP code is:
> >
> > > > > > > $fp = fsockopen($url, 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);
> > > > > > > if (!$fp) {
> > > > > > >    echo "$errstr ($errno)\n";
> > > > > > > } else {
> > > > > > >    echo "file handle: ".$fp."<br/>";
> > > > > > >    $header = "POST /track.json track = $trackTerms
> HTTP/1.1\r\n";
> > > > > > >    $header .= "Host: stream.twitter.com\r\n";
> > > > > > >    $header .= "User-Agent: UserAgent\r\n";
> > > > > > >    $header .= "Authorization: Basic " .
> base64_encode($twitUsername
> > > .
> > > > > > > ':' . $twitPwd)."\r\n";
> > > > > > >    $header .= "Connection: Close\r\n\r\n";
> > > > > > >    echo $header."<br/>";
> > > > > > >    fwrite($fp, $header);
> > > > > > >    $line = fgets($fp, 4096);
> > > > > > >    echo $line;
> > > > > > >    fclose($fp);
> > > > > > > }
>

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