As the title suggests, I am trying to execute a PHP file on linux command line and it is working fine, I am actually running PHP script to post a status on Facebook graph API, and on executing the script I am getting a webscript enclosed within a script tag,the response I get, how do I execute the response? how do I execute it automatically with out using a browser?
My final aim is to use the the cron tab to schedule the posting of a facebook status by calling this PHP script.
PHP CODE FOR POSTING
> $fb = new Facebook\Facebook([
'app_id' => '1784504901790451',
'app_secret' => '4b7b2673ecd268b962b0f25166955f23',
'default_graph_version' => 'v2.8',
]);
> $helper = $fb->getRedirectLoginHelper();
$permissions = ['email', 'publish_actions']; // optional
try {
if (isset($_SESSION['facebook_access_token'])) {
$accessToken = $_SESSION['facebook_access_token'];
} else {
$accessToken = $helper->getAccessToken();
}
} catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookResponseException $e) {
// When Graph returns an error
echo 'Graph returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();
exit;
} catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookSDKException $e) {
// When validation fails or other local issues
echo 'Facebook SDK returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();
exit;
}
if (isset($accessToken)) {
if (isset($_SESSION['facebook_access_token'])) {
$fb->setDefaultAccessToken($_SESSION['facebook_access_token']);
} else {
$_SESSION['facebook_access_token'] = (string) $accessToken;
// OAuth 2.0 client handler
$oAuth2Client = $fb->getOAuth2Client();
// Exchanges a short-lived access token for a long-lived one
$longLivedAccessToken = $oAuth2Client->getLongLivedAccessToken($_SESSION['facebook_access_token']);
$_SESSION['facebook_access_token'] = (string) $longLivedAccessToken;
$fb->setDefaultAccessToken($_SESSION['facebook_access_token']);
}
// validating the access token
try {
$request = $fb->get('/me');
} catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookResponseException $e) {
// When Graph returns an error
if ($e->getCode() == 190) {
unset($_SESSION['facebook_access_token']);
$helper = $fb->getRedirectLoginHelper();
$loginUrl = $helper->getLoginUrl('http://localhost/AutoPHPfb/', $permissions);
echo "<script>window.top.location.href='".$loginUrl."'</script>";
exit;
}
} catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookSDKException $e) {
// When validation fails or other local issues
echo 'Facebook SDK returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();
exit;
}
// posting on user timeline using publish_actins permission
try {
// message must come from the user-end
$data = [
'message' => 'My awesome photo upload example.',
'source' => $fb->fileToUpload('/var/www/bitvie.cloudapp.net/htdocs/AutoPHPfb/Photos/B612-2015-08-10-10-36-17.jpg'),
// Or you can provide a remote file location
//'source' => $fb->fileToUpload('https://example.com/photo.jpg'),
];
$request = $fb->post('/me/photos', $data);
$response = $request->getGraphNode();
} catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookResponseException $e) {
// When Graph returns an error
echo 'Graph returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();
exit;
} catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookSDKException $e) {
// When validation fails or other local issues
echo 'Facebook SDK returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();
exit;
}
echo $response['id'];
// Now you can redirect to another page and use the
// access token from $_SESSION['facebook_access_token']
} else {
$helper = $fb->getRedirectLoginHelper();
$loginUrl = $helper->getLoginUrl('http://bitvie.cloudapp.net/AutoPHPfb/PHPprofilepic.php', $permissions);
echo "<script>window.top.location.href='".$loginUrl."'</script>";
}
and here is the reponse I get
<script>window.top.location.href='https://www.facebook.com/v2.8/dialog/oauth?client_id=1784504901790451&state=4a090fd3336bc798d3604bc760538e3f&response_type=code&sdk=php-sdk-5.0.0&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fbitvie.cloudapp.net%2FAutoPHPfb%2FPHPprofilepic.php&scope=email%2Cpublish_actions'</script>