Facebook Graph API parse JSON feed with PHP

Question

I am trying to use php to parse a JSON feed of posts using Facebook Graph API

I found the following solution for comments...

<?php 

$request_url ="https://graph.facebook.com/comments/?

ids=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyF-fj-1coY&feature=player_embedded";
$requests = file_get_contents($request_url);

$fb_response = json_decode($requests);




foreach ($fb_response as $key => $response) {
  foreach ($fb_response->$key as $data) {
    foreach ($data as $item) {
      echo 'NAME: ' . $item->name . '<br />';
      echo 'From ID: ' . $item->from->id . '<br />';
      echo 'From Name: ' . $item->from->name . '<br />';
      echo 'Message: ' . $item->message . '<br />';
      echo 'Timestamp: ' . $item->created_time . '<br /><br />';
    }
  }
} 
    ?>

This is the url id I'm working with: https://graph.facebook.com/210849652406/feed/?access_token={VALID_USER_TOKEN}

I just don't know how to call the items for this feed. I'm trying to make the comments parse with this post/feed but I get essentially nothing. I want the basic items like name of the post, caption, etc. I think if I just could get the name of the post I could figure it all out!

be careful posting usable access_tokens on the web, someone might use it for nefarious purposes. I edited it out for you — DMCS
– DMCS, Commented Feb 3, 2012 at 19:49
It's actually from facebook testing so it expires after a while, but that might throw people off anyway, so thank you! — Tiffany Israel
– Tiffany Israel, Commented Feb 3, 2012 at 21:27

SoWhat · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-04 10:38:46Z

7

You are looping incorrectly

try this

foreach($fb_response->data as $item){
echo 'Message: ' . $item->message . '<br />';//there is no name returned on a comment
echo 'From ID: ' . $item->from->id . '<br />';
 echo 'From Name: ' . $item->from->name . '<br />';
 echo 'Message: ' . $item->message . '<br />';
 echo 'Timestamp: ' . $item->created_time . '<br /><br />';
}

answered Feb 4, 2012 at 10:38

SoWhat

5,6222 gold badges30 silver badges63 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Comments

brian_d · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-03 20:03:50Z

0

Do you have warnings/errors displayed? Ensure that you have extension=php_openssl.dll (or .so) enabled in your php.ini or you will get no results. This is because you are fetching from a secure site.

Also $item->name is an undefined property in the JSON. Perhaps you mean $item->id. Everything else looks ok.

answered Feb 3, 2012 at 20:03

brian_d

11.4k5 gold badges50 silver badges73 bronze badges

2 Comments

Tiffany Israel Over a year ago

The code I'm shown does work, however I'm trying to get that code to work for displaying posts or the feed from facebook not the comments from a specific post. The graph url that I'm trying to parse is this: graph.facebook.com/210849652406/feed + a valid access key

Tiffany Israel Over a year ago

I found the answer here: stackoverflow.com/questions/4582535/… Thanks for your responses.

koenoe · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-04 15:15:02Z

0

Why aren't you using the PHP SDK?

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/php/

answered Feb 4, 2014 at 15:15

koenoe

1103 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Facebook Graph API parse JSON feed with PHP

3 Answers 3

Comments

2 Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

3 Answers 3

Comments

2 Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Linked

Related