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Asked: 2026-05-16T21:34:23+00:00

I’m using the Graph API, but I can’t figure out how to get a

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I’m using the Graph API, but I can’t figure out how to get a logged-in users email address.

The intro to Graph states “The Graph API can provide access to all of the basic account registration data you would typically request in a sign-up form for your site, including name, email address, profile picture, and birthday”

All well and good, but how do I access that info?

This is what I have so far:

$json = $facebook->api('/me');

$first = $json['first_name']; // gets first name
$last = $json['last_name'];
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  1. Editorial Team

    The only way to get the users e-mail address is to request extended permissions on the email field. The user must allow you to see this and you cannot get the e-mail addresses of the user’s friends.

    http://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/permissions

    You can do this if you are using Facebook connect by passing scope=email in the get string of your call to the Auth Dialog.

    I’d recommend using an SDK instead of file_get_contents as it makes it far easier to perform the Oauth authentication.

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