Auto Post on Facebook with PHP

Create PHP file in your local server

<?php

require_once("/path/to/facebook_php_sdk/facebook.php"); // set the right path

$config = array();

$config['appId'] = '167252680143474';

$config['secret'] = '29d8d368420dc1e81198fce224ac71c9';

$config['fileUpload'] = false; // optional

$fb = new Facebook($config);

$params = array(

  // this is the main access token (facebook profile)

  "access_token" => "CAACYHYyWcnIBAJ1LwRLTERQNXJ4qRCqoTf2pgs1V2AiZCOreWAH0bY2UKaoyD3elfcEZAZAs6fZAEYPAZC5OlU6ZCg8Org32D13LiencxZA0PsNzkQPPuZCiZAukgMnqLXM0F2ZBlYZAnZB08qVwOo6DgiCJSlkoZCb9VVs0ARsleZBcduzTQKZBvIcvjLZBXXr5ye8R4FcZD",

  "message" => "Here is a blog post about auto posting on Facebook using PHP #php #facebook",

  "link" => "http://www.pontikis.net/blog/auto_post_on_facebook_with_php",

  "picture" => "http://i.imgur.com/lHkOsiH.png",

  "name" => "How to Auto Post on Facebook with PHP",

  "caption" => "www.pontikis.net",

  "description" => "Automatically post on Facebook with PHP using Facebook PHP SDK. How to create a Facebook app. Obtain and extend Facebook access tokens. Cron automation."

);

try {

  $ret = $fb->api('/me/feed', 'POST', $params);

  echo 'Successfully posted to Facebook Personal Profile';

} catch(Exception $e) {

  echo $e->getMessage();

}

?>

Download Facebook PHP SDK (v.3.2.2 at the time of writing this article) from Github at You may use any library available (in PHP section) of https://github.com/facebook/facebook-php-sdk.

Get the access token steps

Put the following code in the php file in your local server

<?php
print_r($_GET);
?>

On your browser, give the following url, where client_id is App ID and redirect_uri is the URL defined as Canvas URL

https://www.facebook.com/dialog/oauth?client_id=166442680143474&redirect_uri=http://localhost/fb-tokens/&scope=manage_pages,publish_stream

After getting the code value, give the following url, where client_id is App ID and redirect_uri is the URL defined as Canvas URL, client_secret is App Secret and code is the code got.

https://graph.facebook.com/oauth/access_token?client_id=167252680143474&redirect_uri=http://localhost/fb-tokens/&client_secret=29d8545668420dc1e81198fce224ac71c9&code=AQCnsffD8RSxJRmGJdYCfFD33hGPv84xa-xqXKD1-3i3qmsPjqHODEn1cROQkYv6LSKhKlPBxkPHD9gUs-9W0GSwDJVvarX70QiLAYmcLsGhN2u0Ib1OF512TvMljg8WLjx0FaAFCB1DHiTqYE-6ZNtWqtZpe4aIecOw949QNcWbZOf2BiCH_yECCNfamKdatV5Nv1Oa1IvIi_8_zVGc_cQqujVC_O2Apkzyj7M1cypoucGc02NzpAQv3yPqCnIuz5TWglcvhr2YNL7HAClLW0ydWgmq7FyfXOfrbFLoRjd-GRTevmTCffA2iV_A1i-itStY

 Finally you can post your message to Facebook

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