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title: Display the Number of Facebook fans in PHP
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date: 2011-03-15
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excerpt: How to use PHP to display the number of fans of a Facebook page.
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tags:
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- php
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---
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Replace the \$page_id value with your Page ID number (unless you want to show
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the number of fans for this site).You can find your Page ID by logging into your
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Facebook account, going to 'Adverts and Pages', clicking 'Edit page', and
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looking at the URL.
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For example, mine is
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<https://www.facebook.com/pages/edit/?id=143394365692197&sk=basic>.
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I've also wrapped the output in a number_format() function so that it properly
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formatted with commas etc - like where I've used it within the
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[Gold Event listing](http://www.horseandcountry.tv/events/paid) on the Horse &
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Country TV website.
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```language-php
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$page_id = "143394365692197";
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$xml = @simplexml_load_file("http://api.facebook.com/restserver.php?method=facebook.fql.query&query=SELECT%20fan_count%20FROM%20page%20WHERE%20page_id=".$page_id."") or die ("a lot");
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$fans = $xml->page->fan_count;
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print number_format($fans);
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```
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This code was originally found at
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<http://wp-snippets.com/display-number-facebook-fans>.
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