Get user ID using Facebook PHP SDK 4

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Following this discussion i can't figure it out how to getUserId from session or how to create session from a signed request in new SDK 4 for PHP? I'm trying to migrate my apps from old SDK to new one and my code doesn't work well. I'm trying to get the user ID on page tab where i'm an admin. I've tried to getSession from FacebookPageTabHelper with no luck.

My php code:

session_start();
require_once '../api/facebook/autoload.php';

use Facebook\FacebookSession;
use Facebook\FacebookPageTabHelper;

FacebookSession::setDefaultApplication(APP_ID, APP_SECRET);
$pageHelper = new FacebookPageTabHelper();

$page = $pageHelper->getPageId();
$admin = $pageHelper->isAdmin();
$fan = $pageHelper->isLiked();
$appdata = $pageHelper->getSignedRequest()->payload['app_data'];
$session = $pageHelper->getSession();
$user = $session->getUserId(); // always empty

phwd · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-20 14:44:51Z

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Facebook API doesn't provide you with this information anymore (if you use the user access token). You should get the ID of the user by looking at his posts or his comments, and even by this way you need to guess that he is a public user otherwise it will not work.

If you can login with the app token it should work but it's not easy to get confirmation for your application by Facebook.

edited Dec 20, 2014 at 14:44

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answered Dec 20, 2014 at 7:23

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350D Over a year ago

I'm asking about user ID for page/app admin. That means user (page admin who actually install the app) have provided basic permissions already.

user3100708 Over a year ago

Well then it should work. maybe try to check your token permissions.

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