thomaswelton/laravel-facebook

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Installation

Update your composer.json file to include this package as a dependency, _(*2)

"thomaswelton/laravel-facebook": "dev-master"

Register the Facebook service provider by adding it to the providers array in the app/config/app.php file., _(*3)

Thomaswelton\LaravelFacebook\LaravelFacebookServiceProvider

Alias the Facebook facade by adding it to the aliases array in the app/config/app.php file., _(*4)

'aliases' => array(
    'Facebook' => 'Thomaswelton\LaravelFacebook\Facades\Facebook'
)

Configuration

Copy the config file into your project by running, _(*5)

php artisan config:publish thomaswelton/laravel-facebook

Edit the config file to include your app ID and secret key., _(*6)

Useage

This Facebook class extends the Facebook PHP SDK, so all the methods listed here http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/php/ are available, as well as the folowing., _(*7)

getShareUrl

Get a share URL. If you have not set your app ID then the URL will use the old sharer.php urls as they do not require an app ID or redirect_url, _(*8)

$shareData = array(
    'link' => '', // url
    'picture' => '', // picture url
    'name' => '', // Title
    'caption' => '', // Caption
    'description' => '', // Description
);

echo Facebook::getShareUrl($shareData);

hasLiked

For page tab apps, will let you know if a user has liked the page. Returns - 1 - Liked - 0 - Not liked - -1 - Don't know either way, _(*9)

Facebook::hasLiked();