Then I uploaded all the folders and files into my PHP server on Arvixe, or you can use 000webhost or x10hosting.
I used the filter-oauth.php file they included as a sample and replace the TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY, TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET, OAUTH_TOKEN, and OAUTH_SECRET with my own codes from my Twitter developer account.
To get real-time tweets related to specific keywords, change the array of keywords (ie. morning, goodnight, hello, the) to whatever you like in the filter-oauth.php file:
$sc->setTrack(array('morning', 'goodnight', 'hello', 'the'));
To get a random of sample real-time tweets, use the sample.php file and again replace the TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY, TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET, OAUTH_TOKEN, and OAUTH_SECRET.
To test the real-time streaming Twitter API tweets, open your filter-oauth.php file in a web browser like Google Chrome: http://gerrycao.com/pinkarmr/streaming/example/sample.php
This is my sample.php file:
<?php
require_once('../lib/Phirehose.php');
require_once('../lib/OauthPhirehose.php');
/**
* Example of using Phirehose to display the 'sample' twitter stream.
*/
class SampleConsumer extends OauthPhirehose
{
/**
* Enqueue each status
*
* @param string $status
*/
public function enqueueStatus($status)
{
/*
* In this simple example, we will just display to STDOUT rather than enqueue.
* NOTE: You should NOT be processing tweets at this point in a real application, instead they should be being
* enqueued and processed asyncronously from the collection process.
*/
$data = json_decode($status, true);
if (is_array($data) && isset($data['user']['screen_name'])) {
print $data['user']['screen_name'] . ': ' . urldecode($data['text']) . "<br /><hr />";
}
}
}
// The OAuth credentials you received when registering your app at Twitter
define("TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY", "REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_OWN");
define("TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET", "REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_OWN");
// The OAuth data for the twitter account
define("OAUTH_TOKEN", "REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_OWN");
define("OAUTH_SECRET", "REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_OWN");
// Start streaming
$sc = new SampleConsumer(OAUTH_TOKEN, OAUTH_SECRET, Phirehose::METHOD_FILTER);
$sc->setTrack(array('morning', 'goodnight', 'hello', 'the'));
$sc->consume();
?>
Feel free to leave me a comment below for any clarifications or questions or comments.
[Last updated: 5/16/2016]
