How do I post to a Facebook timeline?

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I have an app which uses the Facebook PHP SDK. It used to be a simple matter to post to a user's Facebook wall. I would do the authentication, and then something like:

    $ret_obj = $Facebook->api('/me/feed', 'POST',
                            array(
                              'link' => 'www.example.com',
                              'message' => 'Posting with the PHP SDK!'
                         ));

and on their wall the link would appear. Since Timeline was introduced, however, this doesn't seem to work. I don't get an error, I just don't get anything back. I can't find any helpful documentation on how this should work.

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I don't get any error, I just get "NULL" returned in $ret_obj.

If I do something like

$ret_obj = $Facebook->api('/me', 'GET');

then it works fine - I get the user's information back. So it's connecting ok, just not posting.

What error do you get? All examples with the SDK, the docs and the examples on fbrell.com should work — Igy, Jun 08 '12 at 13:48
Could you provide a complete presentation of the bare bones of your code, there maybe something else that is causing it — phwd, Jun 09 '12 at 11:49

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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Double check that you have allowed publish_stream permission.

You can refer to PHP SDK and JavaScript SDK Feed Dialog for more examples.

Official Documentation: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/dialogs/feed/

edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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answered Jun 19 '12 at 15:25

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