PHP function to get Facebook status?

Question

I\'m looking for a good, simple PHP function to get my latest Facebook status updates. Anyone know of one?

Thanks!

EDIT: I\'ve added a half

Answer 1

I have found a way to fetch your latest facebook status. This is how you do it:

1) Create a facebook app, and copy your application secret and application id.

2) Grant the app read_stream and offline_access to your profile. (http://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/permissions) To fetch your latest status the app needs an access_token. With offline_access granted the access_token should "never" expire. The easiest way to do this is to click the button generated by this code: (be sure to fill in 'your app id' and set cookie to true!)

3) Now try to find out what access_token it is using. The access_token is saved in the fbs_appId cookie. Locate it using your browser or using $_COOKIE['fbs_appId']. Look for access_token=....

4) Now that you have a (hopefully) never expiring access_token you can use the following code:

$access_token='xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx';
$appId='123456789132456789';
$appSecret='xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx';
$profileId='123456789';

//http://github.com/facebook/php-sdk/blob/master/src/facebook.php
require 'facebook.php';

$facebook = new Facebook(array('appId' => $appId,'secret' => $appSecret));
$response = $facebook->api('/'.$profileId.'/feed?limit=1&access_token='.$access_token);

5) The message part should be located: $response['data'][0]['message']

I don't know HOW long the access token is valid. Facebook says:

Enables your application to perform authorized requests on behalf of the user at any time. By default, most access tokens expire after a short time period to ensure applications only make requests on behalf of the user when the are actively using the application. This permission makes the access token returned by our OAuth endpoint long-lived.