public static function Connection()
{
if (self::$connection) {
return self::$connection;
}
$config = self::config();
$consumer_key = $config->consumer_key;
$consumer_secret = $config->consumer_secret;
$oauth_token = $config->oauth_token;
$oauth_token_secret = $config->oauth_token_secret;
if (empty($consumer_key) || empty($consumer_secret) || empty($oauth_token) || empty($oauth_token_secret)) {
throw new Exception(__METHOD__ . '(): Twitter credentials do not exist in the configuration.');
}
self::$connection = new TwitterOAuth($consumer_key, $consumer_secret, $oauth_token, $oauth_token_secret);
self::$connection->setTimeouts(30, 30);
//Test the connection
$response = self::$connection->get('account/verify_credentials');
if (self::Error()) {
throw new Exception(__METHOD__ . '(): Connection failed. ' . self::ErrorMessage($response));
}
return self::$connection;
}
