Class: Services_Facebook_FQL

Source Location: /Services_Facebook-0.1.2/Services/Facebook/FQL.php

Class Overview

Services_Facebook_Common
   |
   --Services_Facebook_FQL

Facebook FQL (Facebook Query Language) Interface

Author(s):

Joe Stump <joe at joestump.net>

Version:

Release: 0.1.2

Inherited Variables

Class: Services_Facebook_Common

Services_Facebook_Common::$api
Services_Facebook_Common::$sessionKey
Services_Facebook_Common::$version

Inherited Methods

Class: Services_Facebook_Common

Services_Facebook_Common::checkRequest(): Check if request resulted in an error
Services_Facebook_Common::getApi(): getApi
Services_Facebook_Common::sendRequest(): Send a request to the API
Services_Facebook_Common::setApi(): setApi
Services_Facebook_Common::signRequest(): Sign the request

Class Details

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Facebook FQL (Facebook Query Language) Interface

Facebook allows you to generically query data from their API in an SQL-like interface that they call FQL. This class allows you to send a raw query to the API and get a raw XML response back in the form of a SimpleXmlElement.

Author: Joe Stump <joe@joestump.net>
Version: Release: 0.1.2
Link: http://wiki.developers.facebook.com
License: New BSD License

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Method Detail

query [line 63]

object Instance query(
string
$query)

Send a FQL query

Senda a query to the Facebook API and returns the response in the form for a SimpleXmlElement.

 <?php

 require_once 'Services/Facebook.php';
 $api = Services_Facebook::factory('FQL');
 $fql = 'SELECT *
         FROM user
         WHERE uid IN (123, 345, 567)';
 $result = $api->query($fql);
 foreach ($result->user as $user) {
     echo (string)$user->first_name;
 }
 ?>

Return: of SimpleXMLElement
Access: public

Parameters:

string $query — FQL query string

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