documentation here: http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-Search-API-Method:-search a site i did using this : lilzo.com
$query = "my+query+here"; $format = "atom"; // atom, json or rss $url = "http://search.twitter.com/search.$format?q=$query"; $results = file_get_contents($url); // $results contains the atom, json or rss, which // you then handle with the rest of your script PHP: