Question

Can someone help with code for a sample Facebook application which just gets all the friends name, and images and prints them to the status? I tried some code provided in Facebook’s site, but for some reason it failed and I was not able to understand the error.

Answer 1

Basic FQL approach (using the new PHP SDK):

<?php
// assuming we're using the newest version of the Facebook PHP SDK
$fb = new Facebook(array(
     'appId' => '<YOUR_APP_ID>',
     'secret' => '<YOUR_APP_SECRET>'
));

if (!$fb->getSession())
{
    // prompt for install if necessary
    header("Location: ".$fb->getLoginUrl());
}

// Contains basic user information
$user = $fb->api('/me');

// use FQL to get the results
$friends = $fb->api(array(
    'method' => 'fql.query',
    'query' => 'SELECT name, pic_big, pic_small, pic_square 
         FROM user WHERE uid IN (SELECT uid2 FROM friend WHERE uid1 = me())'
));

FQL User Table documentation