Twitter Profile Image Cache

.gitignore

@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ templates/typographic/
 templates/cards/
 
 plugins/switcher.php
+
+cache/*.png
+cache/*.jpeg

cache/index.php

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?php 
+
+// Nothing to see here.
+
+?>

dropplets/functions.php

@@ -296,13 +296,37 @@ function count_premium_templates($type = 'all') {
 define('IS_HOME', $is_home);
 
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-/* Get Twitter Profile Image (This Needs to be Cached)
+/* Get Profile Image (This Needs to be Cached)
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 function get_twitter_profile_img($username, $size = '') {
     $api_call = 'https://twitter.com/users/'.$username.'.json';
     $results = json_decode(file_get_contents($api_call));
-    return str_replace('_normal', $size, $results->profile_image_url);
+    $image_url = str_replace('_normal', $size, $results->profile_image_url);
+
+    // Replace with your cache directory.
+	$image_path = './cache/';
+
+	// Get the name of the file.
+	$exploded_image_url = explode("/",$image_url);
+	$image_filename = end($exploded_image_url);
+	$exploded_image_filename = explode(".",$image_filename);
+	$extension = end($exploded_image_filename);
+
+	// Make sure its an image.
+	if($extension=="gif"||$extension=="jpg"||$extension=="jpeg"||$extension=="png"){
+
+		// Get the remote image.
+		$image_to_fetch = file_get_contents($image_url);
+
+		// Save it.
+		$local_image_file  = fopen($image_path.$image_filename, 'w+');
+		chmod($image_path.$image_filename,0755);
+		fwrite($local_image_file, $image_to_fetch);
+		fclose($local_image_file);	
+	}
+
+	return $image_path.$image_filename;
 }
 
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/