Add a Twitter Follower Count to my Website

function twitter_count(){

         $count = get_transient('twitter_count');

    if ($count !== false) return $count;

         $count = 0;

         $dataOrig = file_get_contents('http://twitter.com/users/show/wpforce');

   if (is_wp_error($dataOrig)) {

         return 'Error!!!';

   }else{

         $profile = new SimpleXMLElement ( $dataOrig );

         $countOrig = $profile->followers_count;

         $count = strval ( $countOrig );

         }

set_transient('twitter_count', $count, 60*60*24); // 24 hour cache

return $count;

}

To use this function, simple echo it wherever you want it.

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