Using FQL in facebbok api php 4

Question

Staff need to run a simple FQL using Facebook SDK PHP 4 using the following command:

$result=(new FacebookRequest( $session, 'GET', $fql))->execute()->getGraphObject()->asArray()

and it generates me the following error:

Fatal error: Uncaught Exception 'Facebook Facebookauthorizationexception' with message '(#12) fql is deprecated for versions v2.1 and Higher'

I read that this kind of command is really outdated, but I couldn’t find anything to replace it.

As it is now in this new API 2.x?

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I have this code I found.

$fql="/fql?q=SELECT uid, name,pic_square, birthday_date FROM user WHERE (substr(birthday_date, 0, 2) = '07') AND uid IN (SELECT uid2 FROM friend WHERE uid1 = me()) order by name&access_token=".$_SESSION["token"];
$session = $this->login();
$result=(new FacebookRequest( $session, 'GET', $fql))->execute()->getGraphObject()->asArray();

How would I use it in the new API.

Answer 1

You can get birthday friends with the following consultation:

$request = new FacebookRequest(
  $session,
  'GET',
  '/me/friends?fields=friends{id,name,birthday}'
);
$response = $request->execute();
$graphObject = $response->getGraphObject();

For that you need the authorization user_friends.

Note that since version 2.0 of the API this call will only return user friends who also use your application.

Unfortunately, to the best of my knowledge, there is no way to filter the anniversary date directly from the call, you will need to iterate the response elements and filter client-side dates.