twiteando con cakephp

gistfile1.php

<?php    
    function tweet($status) {
        $username = 'TWITTER_USERNAME';
        $password = 'TWITTER_PASSWORD';

        App::import('Core', array('Xml', 'HttpSocket'));
        $sckt = new HttpSocket();
        $res = $sckt->request(
            array(
                'method' => 'POST',
                'uri' => array(
                    'scheme' => 'http',
                    'host' => 'twitter.com/statuses/update.xml',
                    'query' => array('status' => $status)
                ),
                'auth' => array(
                    'method' => 'Basic',
                    'user' => $username,
                    'pass' => $password,
                ),
                'header' => array(
                    'X-Twitter-Client' => 'TWITTER_CLIENT'
                )
            )
        );
        if(!$res)
            return false;

        $xml = new Xml($res);
        $xml = Set::reverse($xml); // CakeMagic!!!!!!!
        return $xml;
    }
?>