I am trying to implement a facebook login onto my website. I can get all the relevant data I need except the email address. The data will be used to store using mysql.
I came across an interesting blog that created a step by step approach to creating a login from facebook. All of this works well but I can't return the users email address so that it can be stored in the database with their name, age, profile_pic.
This is my fb_access file: NOTE I did not write all of this myself, if there is something similar it would be appreatied.
<?php
$app_id = "XXXXX";
$app_secret = "XXXXX";
$site_url = "http://localhost/XXXXXX/";
try{
include_once "src/facebook.php";
}catch(Exception $e){
error_log($e);
}
$facebook = new Facebook(array(
'appId' => $app_id,
'secret' => $app_secret,
));
// Get User ID
$user = $facebook->getUser();
if($user){
try{
$user_profile = $facebook->api('/me');
}catch(FacebookApiException $e){
error_log($e);
$user = NULL;
}
}
if($user){
// Get logout URL logout add username to destroy cookie
$logoutUrl = $facebook->getLogoutUrl(array(
'next'=>'http://localhost/XXXXX/logout.php'));
}else{
// Get login URL
$loginUrl = $facebook->getLoginUrl(array(
'scope' => 'read_stream, publish_stream, user_birthday, user_location, user_work_history, user_hometown, user_photos',
'redirect_uri' => $site_url."?profile_builder=".md5($user),
));
}
if($user){
$queries = array(
array('method' => 'GET', 'relative_url' => '/'.$user),
array('method' => 'GET', 'relative_url' => '/'.$user.'/home?limit=50'),
array('method' => 'GET', 'relative_url' => '/'.$user.'/friends'),
array('method' => 'GET', 'relative_url' => '/'.$user.'/photos?limit=6'),
);
try{
$batchResponse = $facebook->api('?batch='.json_encode($queries), 'POST');
}catch(Exception $o){
error_log($o);
}
$user_info = json_decode($batchResponse[0]['body'], TRUE);
$feed = json_decode($batchResponse[1]['body'], TRUE);
$friends_list = json_decode($batchResponse[2]['body'], TRUE);
$photos = json_decode($batchResponse[3]['body'], TRUE);
if(isset($_POST['pub'])){
try{
$statusUpdate = $facebook->api("/$user/feed", 'post', array(
'message' => 'Check out 25 labs',
'link' => 'http://25labs.com',
'picture' => 'http://25labs.com/images/25-labs-160-160.jpg',
'name' => '25 labs | A Technology Laboratory',
'caption' => '25labs.com',
'description' => '25 labs is a Technology blog that covers the tech stuffs happening around the globe. 25 labs publishes various tutorials and articles on web designing, Facebook API, Google API etc.',
));
}catch(FacebookApiException $e){
error_log($e);
}
}
if(isset($_POST['status'])){
try{
$statusUpdate = $facebook->api("/$user/feed", 'post', array('message'=> $_POST['status']));
}catch(FacebookApiException $e){
error_log($e);
}
}
}
?>
Where I have come stuck is retrieving the email address:
echo $user_info['first_name'];
echo $user_info['last_name'];
// these also work
echo $user_profile['first_name'];
echo $user_profile['last_name'];
This returns the names, there is also DOB as well, which works but
echo $user_info['email'];
//or
echo $user_profile['email'];
doesn't seem to work it returns 'Notice: Undefined index: email' in the browser. I understand what this means but I came across an example of retrieving the email here and I presume it must work as it doesn't state any where that it doesn't. I am aware that the post was created 2 years ago but I can't see why it won't work now or is it new thing that email addresses can't be passed from facebook.
