Connect to and return Instagram uploads via Instagram API/PHP/cURL

instagram.php

<?php
  function get_instagram_data( $url ) {
    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url );
    curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1 );
    curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 20 );
    $result = curl_exec( $ch );
    curl_close( $ch );
    return $result;
  }
  $access_token = '2017272886.3703b06.b2ceb80bb12e495cba3c699812082a34';
  $user_id = '2017272886';
  $instagram_count = 6;  
  $result = get_instagram_data('https://api.instagram.com/v1/users/'.$user_id.'/media/recent/?access_token='.$access_token.'');
  $result = json_decode( $result );
  $i = 0; 
  
if ( $result ) :
  echo '<ul>'
    foreach  ($result->data as $post ) :
    
      $image_url = $post->images->low_resolution->url;
      $caption = $post->caption->text;
      $likes = $post->likes->count;
      $link = $post->link;

      echo '<li class="instagram">
              <a href="' . $link . '" target="_blank">
                <img src="' . $image_url . '" alt="' . $caption . '" title="' . $caption . '"/>
                <div>
                  <span>
                    <i>' . $likes . '</i>
                  </span>
                </div>
              </a>
            </li>';
            
      $i++; 
      if ($i == $instagram_count )
      break;
    
    endforeach;
  echo '</ul>';
endif;
?>