Question

Using php-sdk I obtain pages in this way:

$array = $this->instance->api(
    '/' . $fb_user . '/accounts', 'GET', array('access_token' => $access_token)
);

Now var_dump($array['data']); gives me:

array (
0 => 
array (
    'name' => 'my name 1',
    'access_token' => '***',
    'category' => 'Electronics',
    'id' => '***',
),
1 => 
array (
    'name' => 'my name 2',
    'access_token' => '***',
    'category' => 'Application',
    'id' => '***',
)

Only the first item is a page, the second is an app. Any way to distinguish them or improve this snippet?

EDIT: Using the category field seems a too weak procedure.

Answer 1

If you don’t want to rely on “category”, you need to fetch informations from these ids.

Run a query for:

https://graph.facebook.com/[page_or_app_id]

Among other things, there will be field:

{
    [...]
    "type": "application"
]

or:

{
    [...]
    "type": "page"
]

To avoid long responses, you may consider Batch Requests as described:

• http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/batch/ (general instruction)
• Batch calls with Facebook Graph API & PHP (php examples)