chirp_results.txt

stdClass Object
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [text] => #chirp collegehumor.1703899c3fe4ada5da7fb78378b86c9a.jpg (JPEG Image, 480x360 pixels) http://bit.ly/mhX8
                    [to_user_id] => 
                    [from_user] => hanggliding
                    [id] => 1130751942
                    [from_user_id] => 3738175
                    [iso_language_code] => it
                    [profile_image_url] => http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/71827199/KumiLeyla_normal.jpg
                    [created_at] => Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:21:45 +0000
                )

            [1] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [text] => #chirp  http://bit.ly/6xPV
                    [to_user_id] => 
                    [from_user] => hanggliding
                    [id] => 1129695417
                    [from_user_id] => 3738175
                    [profile_image_url] => http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/71827199/KumiLeyla_normal.jpg
                    [created_at] => Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:27:30 +0000
                )

            [2] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [text] => #chirp alex-trebek.gif (GIF Image, 176x144 pixels) http://bit.ly/3SCO
                    [to_user_id] => 
                    [from_user] => hanggliding
                    [id] => 1129570857
                    [from_user_id] => 3738175
                    [iso_language_code] => de
                    [profile_image_url] => http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/71827199/KumiLeyla_normal.jpg
                    [created_at] => Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:16:33 +0000
                )

            [3] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [text] => #chirp Ski Runner - Free Sports Game from AddictingGames http://bit.ly/2YD7
                    [to_user_id] => 
                    [from_user] => hanggliding
                    [id] => 1129563890
                    [from_user_id] => 3738175
                    [iso_language_code] => en
                    [profile_image_url] => http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/71827199/KumiLeyla_normal.jpg
                    [created_at] => Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:12:45 +0000
                )

            [4] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [text] => #chirp Hotel for Dogs (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://bit.ly/GcJw
                    [to_user_id] => 
                    [from_user] => hanggliding
                    [id] => 1129552675
                    [from_user_id] => 3738175
                    [iso_language_code] => en
                    [profile_image_url] => http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/71827199/KumiLeyla_normal.jpg
                    [created_at] => Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:06:54 +0000
                )

            [5] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [text] => #chirp Chairs.com http://bit.ly/vUF6
                    [to_user_id] => 
                    [from_user] => hanggliding
                    [id] => 1129527637
                    [from_user_id] => 3738175
                    [iso_language_code] => en
                    [profile_image_url] => http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/71827199/KumiLeyla_normal.jpg
                    [created_at] => Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:54:50 +0000
                )

            [6] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [text] => #chirp Twitter / hanggliding http://bit.ly/UUL6
                    [to_user_id] => 
                    [from_user] => hanggliding
                    [id] => 1129524561
                    [from_user_id] => 3738175
                    [iso_language_code] => nl
                    [profile_image_url] => http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/71827199/KumiLeyla_normal.jpg
                    [created_at] => Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:53:11 +0000
                )

            [7] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [text] => #chirp MyFox Orlando | Teen charged with assaulting mom with taco http://bit.ly/qJ1p
                    [to_user_id] => 
                    [from_user] => hanggliding
                    [id] => 1129498674
                    [from_user_id] => 3738175
                    [iso_language_code] => en
                    [profile_image_url] => http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/71827199/KumiLeyla_normal.jpg
                    [created_at] => Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:38:48 +0000
                )

        )

    [since_id] => 0
    [max_id] => 1131406290
    [refresh_url] => ?since_id=1131406290&q=%23chirp+bit.ly+from%3Ahanggliding
    [results_per_page] => 15
    [total] => 8
    [completed_in] => 0.185113
    [page] => 1
    [query] => %23chirp+bit.ly+from%3Ahanggliding
)

chirp_search.php

<?php
// configure curl
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
//curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Expect:'));

// example search for #chirp hashtag with bit.ly from dan
$api_url = "http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=%23chirp+bit.ly&from=hanggliding";
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $api_url);
$results = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

// display json results
echo "<pre>";
print_r(json_decode($results));
echo "</pre>";
?>