Get Number of Followers on Twitter

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/**
 * Get Number of Twitter Followers
 *
 * LICENSE: distributions of the source code without 
 * authors permission is forbidden, For written 
 * permission please contact [email protected].
 * 
 * Can also use the following to pull with $getData:
 * id
 * name
 * screen_name
 * location
 * description
 * profile_image_url
 * url
 * friends_count
 * created_at
 * lang
 */  

$screenName = '';
$getData = 'followers_count';
 
$xml = file_get_contents('http://twitter.com/users/show.xml?screen_name=' . $screenName);
 
if(preg_match('/' . $getData . '>(.*)</', $xml, $match) !=0)
	echo $match[1];