Update your Twitter status using PHP

run-it.php

<?php
    // Send a Tweet to your Twitter account.
    tweetThis('my_user_name', 'my_password', 'my_tweet_message');
?>

twitter.php

<?php
function tweetThis($strUsername = '', $strPassword = '', $strMessage = '') {
    if (function_exists('curl_init')) {    
        $twitterUsername = trim($strUsername);
        $twitterPassword = trim($strPassword);
         
        if (strlen($strMessage) > 140) {
            $strMessage = substr($strMessage, 0, 140);
        }
             
        $twitterStatus = htmlentities(trim(strip_tags($strMessage)));
 
        if (!empty($twitterUsername) && !empty($twitterPassword) && !empty($twitterStatus)) {
            $strTweetUrl = 'http://www.twitter.com/statuses/update.xml';
 
            $objCurlHandle = curl_init();
            curl_setopt($objCurlHandle, CURLOPT_URL, "$strTweetUrl");
            curl_setopt($objCurlHandle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 2);
            curl_setopt($objCurlHandle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
            curl_setopt($objCurlHandle, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
            curl_setopt($objCurlHandle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "status=$twitterStatus");
            curl_setopt($objCurlHandle, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$twitterUsername:$twitterPassword");
 
            $result = curl_exec($objCurlHandle);
            $arrResult = curl_getinfo($objCurlHandle);
 
            if ($arrResult['http_code'] == 200) {
                echo 'Your Tweet has been posted';
            }
            else {
                echo 'Could not post your Tweet to Twitter.';
            }
 
            curl_close($objCurlHandle);
        }
        else {
            echo('Missing required information to submit your Tweet.');
        }
    }
    else {
        echo('Curl Extension is not installed.');
    }
}
?>