public function blockUser($user, $entities = null, $skip_status = null)
	{
		// Check the rate limit for remaining hits
		$this->checkRateLimit('blocks', 'create');

		// Determine which type of data was passed for $user
		if (is_numeric($user))
		{
			$data['user_id'] = $user;
		}
		elseif (is_string($user))
		{
			$data['screen_name'] = $user;
		}
		else
		{
			// We don't have a valid entry
			throw new \RuntimeException('The specified username is not in the correct format; must use integer or string');
		}

		// Check if entities is specified
		if (!is_null($entities))
		{
			$data['include_entities'] = $entities;
		}

		// Check if skip_statuses is specified
		if (!is_null($skip_status))
		{
			$data['skip_status'] = $skip_status;
		}

		// Set the API path
		$path = '/blocks/create.json';

		// Send the request.
		return $this->sendRequest($path, 'POST', $data);
	}
public function blockUser($user, $entities = null, $skip_status = null)
	{
		// Check the rate limit for remaining hits
		$this->checkRateLimit('blocks', 'create');

		// Determine which type of data was passed for $user
		if (is_numeric($user))
		{
			$data['user_id'] = $user;
		}
		elseif (is_string($user))
		{
			$data['screen_name'] = $user;
		}
		else
		{
			// We don't have a valid entry
			throw new \RuntimeException('The specified username is not in the correct format; must use integer or string');
		}

		// Check if entities is specified
		if (!is_null($entities))
		{
			$data['include_entities'] = $entities;
		}

		// Check if skip_statuses is specified
		if (!is_null($skip_status))
		{
			$data['skip_status'] = $skip_status;
		}

		// Set the API path
		$path = '/blocks/create.json';

		// Send the request.
		return $this->sendRequest($path, 'POST', $data);
	}
public function blockUser ( $ user , $ entities = null , $ skip_status = null ) { // Check the rate limit for remaining hits $ this -> checkRateLimit ( 'blocks' , 'create' ) ; // Determine which type of data was passed for $user if ( is_numeric ( $ user ) ) { $ data [ 'user_id' ] = $ user ; } elseif ( is_string ( $ user ) ) { $ data [ 'screen_name' ] = $ user ; } else { // We don't have a valid entry throw new \ RuntimeException ( 'The specified username is not in the correct format; must use integer or string' ) ; } // Check if entities is specified if ( ! is_null ( $ entities ) ) { $ data [ 'include_entities' ] = $ entities ; } // Check if skip_statuses is specified if ( ! is_null ( $ skip_status ) ) { $ data [ 'skip_status' ] = $ skip_status ; } // Set the API path $ path = '/blocks/create.json' ; // Send the request. return $ this -> sendRequest ( $ path , 'POST' , $ data ) ; }
Method to block the specified user from following the authenticating user.

@param   mixed    $user         Either an integer containing the user ID or a string containing the screen name.
@param   boolean  $entities     When set to either true, t or 1, each tweet will include a node called "entities,". This node offers a
variety of metadata about the tweet in a discreet structure, including: user_mentions, urls, and hashtags.
@param   boolean  $skip_status  When set to either true, t or 1 statuses will not be included in the returned user objects.

@return  array  The decoded JSON response

@since   1.0
@throws  \RuntimeException
Method to block the specified user from following the authenticating user .