It would be easier to make from scratch. I would use the CURL library in PHP to pull it, then an assortment of preg_match statements to pull the data you need. Then you can tailor it to your needs after that.
Buddy before consulting someone please check your so called suggestion. Tools like Google search result, Twitter tweets etc uses ajax to display the content. So not even with your curl or file_gets_content can cache these data. @len781, You need API based application. check out http://dev.twitter.com/doc/get/search
Yeah, it's probably impossible they have an ajax/js free mobile version from which you could pull all the information necessary. Mobile browsers aren't the newest fad. ... http://mobile.twitter.com/tomhanks/about Regardless, your API solution would be less work, cleaner code, and just better in general (don't have to account for little changes in the page), I just didn't know they had an API (probably should have haha). Just be a little less arrogant and presumptuous when correcting someone elses errors.
it might be possible with ubot or similar browser-based bot engine application though. but if you end up going for an API, i know that twitter limits the data you can grab, not sure which data you are going after