Building a facebook application by php

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Building Facebook Appsusing PHP

Trinh Van ThanhFacebook App Leader

Japan DivisionSETA International Vietnam

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TRINH VAN THANH Facebook App Development Leader @SETA International LLC since 2010 A Facebook Lover. Facebook 24/7 1000 hours developing Facebook Apps 20 Facebook Apps built Top 3 Facebook App in Japan

Contact:thanhtv6075@setacinq.com.vntvthanhdl@gmail.com

Software Outsourcing 150 developers in

Hanoi, VN Market: US, Japan 2nd Join PHP Day as

Sponsor and Presentor http://www.seta-

international.co.jp/

ABOUT ME ABOUT US

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WHY FACEBOOK

BUILDING FACEBOOK APPS USING PHP

DEMO

AGENDA

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WHY FACEBOOK

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FACEBOOK IS HUGE ECO

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PERFECT SCALING –VERY STABLE PLATFORM (NOW)

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The Viral Loop

Social media on Facebook

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Facebook’s platform is built on three main tools

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BUILDING FACEBOOK APPS BY PHP

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• Apps on Facebook.com– Canvas app– Page tab– Mobile web

Facebook apps?

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Canvas Apps

• It is just the “home” page of the application where the app is described to those who might want to use it.

• Example: http://apps.facebook.com/monipla/

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760px(default)

Canvas Apps

AdvertisingCPM and CPC

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• Facebook page: are a heavily used feature of Facebook. Major brands, celebrities, etc. use Facebook Pages as their "social home" on the web. One of the most interesting features of Apps on Facebook.com is the ability for your app to be used within the context of a Facebook Page.

Example:- SETA:CINQ Vietnam, Ltd- TERRAS- PHPDay2012- FordJapan- Pargolfonline- …

• Page tab are apps on Facebook Page.

Page Tab

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810px(max)

advertising

Page Tab

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520px(default)

Page Tab

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Mobile Web

Source: socialbakers

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• Mobile web apps are built using web technologies including HTML5, Javascript and CSS. You can build once and deploy everywhere, including on iPhone, iPad and Android.- Hummerbinbyun

Mobile Web

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Mobile Web

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• Social network• Social media

• Open graph 1.0 -> Like action only• Open graph 2.0 -> customize actions

Open Graph

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Open Graph 1.0

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Open Graph 2.0

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Build apps use PHP SDK with Graph API(Becoming a Facebook Developer)

• Requires• Resources• How to build facebook app

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Requires

• PHP (Support PHP, JS, IOS, Android SDK)• JS• HTML (HTML5 with mobile web)• CSS (CSS3 with mobile web)• MySQL (optional)

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Resources

• Tools - https://developers.facebook.com/tools/

• Bugs - https://developers.facebook.com/bugs• Developer Application -

https://developers.facebook.com/apps• Developer Blog - https://developers.facebook.com/blog/• Developer Roadmap -

https://developers.facebook.com/roadmap/• Document - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/• PHP SDK - https://github.com/facebook/facebook-php-sdk

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Create a Facebook App(Create)

• Start by visiting the Developer App. If you haven't created an application before you will be prompted to add the Developer Application.

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Create a Facebook App(Configuring Canvas apps)

Default: 760pxFluid: 100%

Required if check permission

Enable auth on domain & subdomain

Only app developer will be able to use

app

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Code example(use PHP SDK)

• Installing and Initializing

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Code example(Graph API)

• Use static: Facebook::api(/* polymorphic */);• Use object: $facebook->api(/* polymorphic */);

• /* polymorphic */:= {$path, $method, $params}

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Code example(Graph API)

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Code example(Graph API)

• Function fbRedirect():

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Code example(Post Status)

• Permission: publish_stream

$facebook->api('/me/feed', 'POST',array( 'link' => 'www.yourdomain.com', 'message' => 'Posting with the PHP SDK! on http://yourdomain.com'));

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Code example(Post Photo)

• Permissions: publish_stream, photo_upload

//Required set to upload photo$facebook->setFileUploadSupport( true );

$photo = 'path-to-photo'; //required in host login to apps$message = 'Photo upload via the PHP SDK! on

http://yourdomain.com';$facebook->api('/me/photos', 'POST', array(

'source' => '@' . $photo, 'message' => $message, ));

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Code example(count LIKE of an url)

$link = 'LINK_TO_COUNT';$likes = $facebook->api(array(

'query' => 'SELECT share_count, like_count, comment_count, total_count FROM link_stat WHERE url IN("' . $link . '")',

'method' => 'fql.query'));

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• You can find these settings in the "Basic" section of your app's settings in the Developer App under 'Select how your app integrates with Facebook'. Click 'Page Tab' to expand the Page Tab settings, and the Page Tab fields will appear

Create a Facebook App(Configuring Page tab)

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Create a Facebook App(Page Tab Width)

• The amount of space available to your tab app is bounded by the outer context of Facebook. It may be configured to display with a width of 520 pixels (default) or 810 pixels.

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$signedRequest = $facebook->getSignedRequest();$isLiked = $signedRequest["page"]["liked"]; if( $isLiked ){

//load visible contents to page tab}else{

//load invisible contents to page tab//Show message “click like button to app”

}

Code example(Page tab: check LIKE page)

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Combined with JS SDK(loading js)

• Add to body:

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Combined with JS SDK(loading js)

• FB.Canvas.setAutoGrow(timeout);• FB.Canvas.setSize();• FB.Canvas.scrollTo();

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Facebook for Websites(social plugins)

• Like• Share• Comment

• http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins

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DEMO

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DISCUSSION

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