PHP function for getting batch url stat counters (likes, shares, ...)

fbstats.php

<?php

  function facebook_url_stats($urls, $orderBy = "ORDER BY like_count DESC") {
        $urls = implode("', '", $urls);
        $urls = "'" . $urls . "'";

        $fql = "SELECT url, normalized_url, share_count, like_count, comment_count, ";
        $fql .= "total_count, commentsbox_count, comments_fbid, click_count FROM ";
        $fql .= "link_stat WHERE url IN ({$urls}) {$orderBy}";

        $apifql = "https://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?format=json&query=" . urlencode($fql);
        $json = file_get_contents($apifql);
        $result = json_decode($json);
        $result_assoc = array();


        if (is_array($result)) {
            foreach ($result as $i => $r) {
                $result_assoc[$r->url] = $r;
            }
        }
        return $result;
    }