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jkishner/facebook fans widget on statusboard by panic

Created April 11, 2013 21:26
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Put this code on your server, call it fans.php, then added it as an html (diy) widget in StatusBoard. inspired by http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7439966/show-twitter-followers-in-plain-text
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facebook fans widget on statusboard by panic
<html><body>
<?php
function fbfan() {
$pageID = 'ENTER_YOURS_HERE';
$info = json_decode(file_get_contents('http://graph.facebook.com/' . $pageID));
echo $info->likes;
}
?>
You have <?php fbfan(); ?> Facebook fans!
</body>
</html>
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