How to read the birthday_date from the Facebook API

I have been chasing my tail on this! And it should be so simple!!

I have an app in FaceBook that is working fine. However, I need to get the user's birth date. I have successfully got the request for extended permissions, but cannot get the birthday_date out and into a variable/store in database.

<?php
require_once('facebook.php');
$facebook = new Facebook(array(
'appId'  => 'xxxxx',
'secret' => 'yyyyyyy',
'cookie' => true
));
if ($facebook->getSession()) { 
$uid = $facebook->getUser();
$fb开发者_运维知识库me = $facebook->api('/me');
} else {
$params = array(
    'fbconnect'=>0,
    'canvas'=>1,
    'req_perms'=>'publish_stream','email','user_location','user_birthday'
);
$loginUrl = $facebook->getLoginUrl($params);
print "<script type='text/javascript'>top.location.href = '$loginUrl';</script>";
}
$session = $facebook->getSession();
$token = $session['access_token'];

I would be very grateful if someone could show me the PHP code that reads the extended permissions and places the results into variables.

Thanks Steve

there is no birthday_date it's only birthday (in the new api).

http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/user

but it may return null,even if you have perms. See this (not really a) bug:

http://bugs.developers.facebook.net/show_bug.cgi?id=12166

Summary of it is (it's not really a bug): Your user may still have revoked your access to this data.

The section of code...

if ($facebook->getSession()) {
$uid = $facebook->getUser();          
$fbme = $facebook->api('/me');          
} else {          
$params = array(     
'fbconnect'=>0,
'canvas'=>1,    
'req_perms'=>'publish_stream','email','user_location','user_birthday' 
); 

Should read....

if ($facebook->getSession()) {
$uid = $facebook->getUser();          
$fbme = $facebook->api('/me');          
} else {          
$params = array(     
'fbconnect'=>0,
'canvas'=>1,    
'req_perms'=>'publish_stream,email,user_location,user_birthday'
); 

(note change to 'req_perms' line) The birthday can then be read as

$birthday=$fbme['birthday'];

However, if the user has not shared the birthday information then $fbme['birthday'] may return NULL.

This problem was caused by the line of code requesting extended permissions, but I thought I had the extended permissions because I could publish a stream and had access to the email address.

Thanks also to Joshua! My own date of birth is only viewable to My Friends and still did not display once I corrected the coding.

Facebook API - you just gotta love it!!!

This came in handy but if you're wondering why it's not working where it should be, try removing the app from your personal page and re-authorise the app.

"Account->Privacy Settings->'Apps and Websites'->Edit your settings" remove your app from the list.

this works in Linux

NOW=$(date +"%m/%d")

curl "https://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?access_token=[ACCESS_TOKEN]&query=SELECT%20first_name,uid%20from%20user%20where%20uid%20in%20(SELECT%20uid2%20from%20friend%20where%20uid1=[YourFaceID])AND%20substr(birthday_date,0,5)%20==%20'$NOW'"