Interfacing with Twitter

Twitter is everywhere. We're quick to judge Twitter's failures, but one of the things that they've done right is the creation of a rich API. Interfacing with this powerful mechanism has its quirks, but PHP's native streams and JSON support handle the tough parts and let you focus on the actual implementation. In this abridged crash course, you'll learn the basics of interacting with the Twitter API in PHP, from (auto-)following to tweeting, and in the process, we'll create a beer-rating bot like @beerscore.