<?php
    $username = "**********";
    $password = "********";
    $content = "status=" . urlencode( "API test!" );

    $sock = socket_create( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, getprotobyname( "tcp" ) );
    socket_connect( $sock, "api.twitter.com", 80 );

    $request = "POST /statuses/update.xml HTTP/1.1\nHost: twitter.com\nAuthorization: Basic " . base64_encode( $username . ":" . $password ) . "\nContent-Length: " . strlen( $content ) . "\nContent-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\n\n" . $content;

    print( nl2br( htmlentities( $request ) ) . "<br /><br />" );

    socket_send( $sock, $request, strlen( $request ), MSG_DONTROUTE );

    $buffer = "";
    socket_recv( $sock, $buffer, 4096, MSG_WAITALL );

    print( nl2br( htmlentities( $buffer ) ) );
?>