zejesago/laravel-facebook

A Facebook component for Laravel.

Laravel Facebook

A Facebook component for Laravel which leverages on Laravel's Facades., _(*1)

Normally:, _(*2)

$facebook = new Facebook(array(
  'app_id'     => 'YOUR_APP_ID',
  'app_secret' => 'YOUR_APP_SECRET',
));

// Get User ID
$user = $facebook->getUser();

Now:, _(*3)

// Get User ID
$user = Z\Facebook::getUser();

Laravel Facebook currently supports Facebook 5.6 and Laravel 4.0., _(*4)

Installation

1. Add the package in your composer.json file, then execute a php composer.phar install (or composer install) command from your root directory.
2. Register the package, typically, by adding 'Zejesago\Laravel\Facebook\ServiceProvider' in the providers array in app/config/app.php.
3. (Optional) Add an alias in the aliases array in app/config/app.php. E.g. 'Z\Facebook' => 'Zejesago\Laravel\Facebook\Facade'.
4. Run php artisan config:publish zejesago/laravel-facebook to create your app-specific configuration, where you can set your app ID and secret.

Testing

When doing unit testing, you may encounter some session errors thrown when instatiating Facebook., _(*5)

Include the following snippet in phpunit.xml:, _(*6)

<php>
    <server name="HTTP_HOST" value="localhost"/>
    <server name="REQUEST_URI" value="/"/>
    <server name="path" value="localhost"/>
</php>

then run your tests with the --stderr flag to prevent HTTP header generation interruptions., _(*7)