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Created January 27, 2016 05:06
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This snippet will help you to get your Facebook fan count, in full text. Your page ID can be found at the address http://facebook.com/yourpagename/info.
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facebook.php
<?php
$page_id = "302807633129400";
$xml = @simplexml_load_file("http://api.facebook.com/restserver.php?method=facebook.fql.query&query=SELECT%20fan_count%20FROM%20page%20WHERE%20page_id=".$page_id."") or die ("a lot");
$fans = $xml->page->fan_count;
echo $fans;
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