Go use helix instead:
This snippet should suffice
<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://api.twitch.tv/helix/streams?user_login=tracepaladinxxl');
curl_setopt_array($ch, array(
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
'Client-ID: ' . $clientId
),
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true
));
$response = curl_exec($ch);
$response = json_decode($repsonse);
if ($response && $response->data && count($response->data) == 1) {
echo "Stream is Online";
} else {
echo "Stream is Offline";
}
echo"</br>";
var_dump($response, true);