Hello, I found the problem... the Twitter API does return XML, but on my LAMP system, the PHP var_dump($variable) method strips away the XML tags! This seems ridiculous to me, but then the documentation on var_dump is skimpy...
Thanks again for your help. , On Oct 13, 9:51 pm, Scott Haneda <talkli...@newgeo.com> wrote: > I just ran your exact code, and was able to pull an xml string just > fine, so I do not believe it is your code. The only thing I can think > is you may want to curl_close() the connection, perhaps there is some > caching or other similar thing in effect, though that is a big long > shot. > > Maybe try curl on the command line, on the same host, and see what > your results are, if that works, you can start looking at your code, > otherwise, it may just be an temporary glitch in the API. > > You may want to look into doing some more testing in your command > though, return the headers, and look at the http responses, so you > know when you have a 200 ok one, versus some of the others, in which > case you will want to be abel to gracefully degrade your application > in some way. > > Sorry I could not be of more help. > -- > Scott * If you contact me off list replace talklists@ with scott@ * > > On Oct 13, 2009, at 9:37 PM, ArnieLapinig wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > I hope someone can help.... my query with the REST API /users/show.xml > > doesn't seem to be returning an xml string... > > > I'm getting strange data back from my query. Here's the code: > > > $twitterHost = 'http://twitter.com/users/show.xml? > > screen_name=' . urlencode($lookforname); > > > $curl = curl_init(); > > > curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 2); > > curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HEADER, false); > > curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC); > > curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); > > curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$username: > > $password"); > > curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, > > CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1); > > curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $twitterHost); > > > $query = curl_exec($curl); > > > and here's what i'm getting: > > > $twitterHost string(59) "http://twitter.com/users/show.xml? > > screen_name=mandarine_one" > > > $query > > > string(2023) " 32432559 anton mandarine_one Neuburg an der Donau > > Mediengestalter, Nerd, Comic- und Musikliebhaber, nörgelt gerne über > > die Arbeit.http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/435301043/twitter_normal.jpg > >http://www.grizzlyfear.defalse 159 EBEBEB 333333 990000 F3F3F3 DFDFDF > > 238 Fri Apr 17 14:49:15 +0000 2009 23 3600 Berlin > >http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/41257908/8edd7_014-serg... > > true 2129 false false false false Tue Oct 13 17:19:41 +0000 2009 > > 4839657896 @_Schnucki_ madame sie gruseln mir die scheisse aus dem > > leid. du schreibst von stromschlag und bei mir geht das licht aus > > #scary <a target='_blank' href="http://www.atebits.com/"; > > rel="nofollow">Tweetie</a> false 4839540863 50962463 false _Schnucki_ > > " > > > when i paste "http://twitter.com/users/show.xml? > > screen_name=mandarine_one" into the browser, i get an xml string: > > > <user> > > <id>32432559</id> > > <name>anton</name> > > <screen_name>mandarine_one</screen_name> > > <location>Neuburg an der Donau</location> > > <description> > > Mediengestalter, Nerd, Comic- und Musikliebhaber, nörgelt gerne über > > die Arbeit. > > </description> > > <profile_image_url> > >http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/435301043/twitter_normal.jpg > > </profile_image_url> > > <url>http://www.grizzlyfear.de</url> > > <protected>false</protected> > > etc etc etc etc... > > > Am I making some sort of basic mistake? > > > Thanks for helping...
