I am creating a Facebook application in the PHP SDK using the Graph API and I need to have a page to invite my friends to the application. Are there any methods in PHP to do the same?
I have seen the JavaScript method for this, but it doesn't match with my requirement (I need it as a page other than the JavaScript popup).
Read the documentation. If you do not use the JavaScript method, see the Direct URL Example paragraph.
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For example, I have http://www.example.com/abc.html.
If I like this page, how can I detect me that have already like this page using facebook php api.
Give me help, please
You can collect who likes your page using the newest facebook sdk. What you would do is a sort of work around using their app interface, which is just a LIKE script for your site, and then call https://graph.facebook.com//subscriptions to record the information via mysql or whatever db you are using. I use this method when collecting facebook invites for random contests I hold.
You can use cookies that must be set in the Like button callback or can use Facebook Connect to check whether a user likes your page but this way requires extra permissions and a created facebook app.
Also there is a ready solution for jquery:
http://codecanyon.net/item/like-2-unlock-for-jquery/2822035
I know this subject has been done already over and over. but... i must be stupid so i'll try to figure out my problem simply.
I have a facebook page, let s say that one :
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Medieval-Forgecom/302734029745018
with a few fan poeple.
now on my website i would like to give a discount to poeple who are fan of that page.
So i tried the php api (with an application id and secret) before discovering that this is NOT what i want as my page is not an app and has no appId neither secret. Am i misunderstanding something here?
So i m wondering how in php i can know if someone is fan or not...
If it is not possible i could use the javascript api to make this check ( wich is quite bad, it should be done somewhere via php) but even this way i get trouble with the deprecated api and the code refering to javascript inside the facebook website.
in a nutshell, i'm lost.
thanks for your time and attention.
Do some research on the concept of "fan-gate". I think this is what you're looking for.
https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150130919053430
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBBnrtG0hAw
There are three ways of using Facebook API. Social plugins are widgets such as comments or like buttons. You can put them into your site directly and easily. And then there is the Graph API. First way of using this API is to create a whole standalone Facebook application, such as Farmwille. Second way is to use it only at your site, out of the Facebook frame. Regardless of the type of your usage, you need to register an application on Facebook, so Facebook API can authorize you. Without that you can't use the API. You don't need to create a real standalone app if you want only to use the API at your own site, but you must register it and this registration is just called Facebook application. It can be virtual application representing your site.
I have a Facebook application used as a tab in a fan page, that displays different information depending on whether tha user is a fan of that page or not.
Now I've been asked to have it post a message to a user's wall if they perform certain action (follow a link or whatever), and so far I haven't found a way to do that. All the documentation I have found refers to stand alone apps, and I've even seen it suggested (in the FB forums) that you can't get the auth token from an app.
So, i still think it can be done, but how?
If a user has authorized your app, you can post to her wall using the PHP SDK. See the PHP SDK api documentation for examples.
All apps have to be iframe apps now, so loading the JS sdk should be fine.
You have to get permissions first ->
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/#applogin
Then you can post using php with what Dhiren said, or, post with the fb.api function with JS ->
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/javascript/FB.api/
Let me know if you need an example script.
Cheers
I am developing a facebook application that fetches the newsfeed of the logged in users and renders it. Currently, I am using iframe and I use PHP SDK to call the Graph API to fetch the posts and render them (generate on server side via PHP). To emulate the facbeook like look and feel, I mimicked their styles on which I am somewhat successful but not very much.
I am wondering is there a way in Facebook API to do the same for me? I read about the FBML but there is a deprecation warning along with a notice that they are gradually moving things towards their Javascript SDK.
Any ideas?
Well, you are narrowed to what XFBML (The Javascript API) offers you.
I had the same problem a while ago and this site saved me - http://devtacular.com/articles/bkonrad/how-to-style-an-application-like-facebook/
There are some basic styles that are used by facebook.
Good luck.
i like to post to my FB Fan Page, Some Content using cron job in PHP,How can i do that?
Can you gave me example?
After becoming familiar with the Graph API check out Facebook's documentation for Pages
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/page/
Here is the main page for Facebook's Graph API documentation
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/api
For PHP Development, check out this SDK, It will make your life much easier for interacting with Facebook using PHP
https://github.com/facebook/php-sdk/
Here is a link for how to configure your Facebook APP to be able to post on a Facebook Page
http://blog.theunical.com/facebook-integration/5-steps-to-publish-on-a-facebook-wall-using-php/
(I did not follow this exact tutorial but slaved to figure it out myself, so let me know how it works for you)
note As I mentioned in a below comment make special note of the permanent session key.