Seperate single tweets into an individual collection. Combine threaded Tweets / Tweet replies into combined collection.

2018-04-09-twitter-get-tweets.php

<?php

/**
 * Seperate single tweets into an individual collection.
 * Combine threaded Tweets / Tweet replies into combined collection.
 */
function get_tweets($data)
{
    if ($data === false) {
        return 'Cannot view tweets';
    }

    //array contaning tweet data
    $tweets = [];

    //replied tweet id
    $rid = null;

    //index increment to group tweets
    $idx = 1;

    //loop over tweets
    foreach ($data as $key => $tw) {

        //Successive tweets in thread
        if (!is_null($tw->in_reply_to_status_id) && is_null($rid)) {
            $tweets[$idx][$tw->id] = $tw->full_text;
            continue;
        }

        //First tweet in thread
        if (is_null($tw->in_reply_to_status_id) && is_null($rid)) {
            $tweets[$idx][$tw->id] = $tw->full_text;
        }

        //Store replied tweet id
        $rid = $tw->in_reply_to_status_id;

        //Index increment to group tweets
        $idx++;
    }

    //return tweets
    return $tweets;
}

?>