<?
function ago($timestamp){
    $difference = time() - $timestamp;

    if($difference < 60)
        return $difference." seconds ago";
    else{
        $difference = round($difference / 60);
        if($difference < 60)
            return $difference." minutes ago";
        else{
            $difference = round($difference / 60);
            if($difference < 24)
                return $difference." hours ago";
            else{
                $difference = round($difference / 24);
                if($difference < 7)
                    return $difference." days ago";
                else{
                    $difference = round($difference / 7);
                    return $difference." weeks ago";
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

$username = "username here";
$format='json'; // set format
$tweets=json_decode(file_get_contents("http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline/{$username}.{$format}")); // get tweets and decode them into a variable
$tweet_count = 10;
?>
<h5>LATEST TWEET<? if($tweet_count): ?>S<? endif ?></h5>
<?
foreach(array_slice($tweets, 0, $tweet_count) as $tweet):
  $time = ago(strtotime($tweet->created_at));
  $content = $tweet->text; // show latest tweet
  //<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/status/username/39762213950459904">
?>
  <small><?= $time ?></a></small>
  <p><?= $content ?></p>
<? endforeach ?>

Output latest 10 tweets

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