Facebook Developers

Hi, have a look  at this: http://mathedit.free.fr/phpBB3/viewtopi … &t=130
Still in progress, but it works.

Hum, in english... Yes, it is planned, but for the moment, even the french tutorial is incomplete.

In fact, if you just want to play with the code, just download the code, copy all files to your forum (no file will replace any of your existing files, it just adds files)
Next,  add the field `facebook_id` to your users table:
ALTER TABLE `phpbb_users` ADD `facebook_id` BIGINT( 20 ) ;
ALTER TABLE `phpbb_users` ADD UNIQUE (
`facebook_id`
);

Next, follow the steps with the pictures on the french tutorial to make your application, and then, you just have to know these things:

    * facebook_linking.php
      To link the phpbb and the facebook accounts.

    * facebook_unlinking.php
      To break the link the phpbb and the facebook accounts.

    * facebook_login.php
      To login via facebook.

    * facebook_logout.php
      To clean-logout  from facebook.

    * /includes/auth/auth_facebook.php
      To implement facebook authentication in phpBB

    * /includes/facebook/config.php
      Here are API key and  applicationn secret


NOTE: All the comments in my code are in english, and an english translation is provided

NOTE2:  The discussion on the french forum, it could help http://forums.phpbb-fr.com/discus-reche … l#p1237056 

Last edited by mathedit (2009-04-22 14:57:08)

kozmk wrote:

whats the point of that?

There is no point, just dots [a french programmer trying to do humor ... hum ... sometimes I am worrying about myself ...]

kozmk wrote:

Is it possible to create an auto create account mod?

Yes, you could have a look at this: http://phpbbmodders.net/articles/3.0/create_user/

kozmk wrote:

what is the purpose of this mod?

I am trying to implement a coffee feature

This MOD is just a base, it is trying to do as perfect as possible what it should do, and it was designed to be just an "auto-login" tool wich was part of a tutorial, but you can improve it

Did you manage to put your application ID an Secret in /includes/facebook/config.php ?

To edit your table, you can go on phpmyadmin, or you can make a file to do it :

<?php
$connect = mysql_connect('domain','user','password');
mysql_select_db('my_database');

mysq_query("ALTER TABLE `phpbb_users` ADD `facebook_id` BIGINT( 20 ) ") or die(mysql_error());
mysq_query("ALTER TABLE `phpbb_users` ADD UNIQUE (`facebook_id`)") or die(mysql_error());

mysql_close($connect);

?>

Warning, execute this file only once

EDIT : I have just made a mock english translation. Hope it helps.

Last edited by mathedit (2009-06-23 03:32:32)

I don't know why your accountq were still associated, maybe you were still connected to phpBB.

No, I haven't seen the policies page :S .
I've just read it and it seems everything is ready to implement these features (connect button, unlinking, etc). My MOD was designed to be just a "how-to", and I don't know if I have done it in the most right way.

For the moment I am busy with some work (playing with facebook API ) but I have planned to release a less "do-it-yourself" version

You mean, in phpBB forums ? I have taken a discussion I didn't started here : http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi … ;t=1350035
I don't really like the way this topic is following, I think people are expecting too much from me, and they don't want to try doing something themselves.

And some people are complaining here (I just discovered it) : http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi … ;t=1610005 . In this topic, the word "Urgent" in title is worrying me, if they find this is so urgent, they could do it themselves, it's not very hard, and they could implement everything they need. Furthermore, they are probably native english speakers, so reading the english documentation on Facebook should be easier. Facebook provide an example for "perfect integration" : http://www.somethingtoputhere.com/theru … /index.php (and http://svn.facebook.com/svnroot/platfor … und.tar.gz ), it is probably a better example than mine for those who wants dealing with Facebook connect. I have just discovered how to open a phpBB session using the phpBB authentification layer, and I used it with Facebook API.
I first made this MOD answering to the "bump" in the original topic, showing a method but just basis. There are still some things I don't catch when reading the documentation.

So, in conclusion (hum, I wrote a lot for nothing today) I don't think I could handle all the noobs complaning it doesn"t work when they haven't tried getting it work, so no topic in the phpBB dev forum for the moment

In fact, each feature can be made by adding these blocks :
http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/ind … ok_Connect
http://wiki.phpbb.com/Authentication_plugins
http://phpbbmodders.net/articles/3.0/create_user/

* facebook_linking.php
      To link the phpbb and the facebook accounts.

    * facebook_unlinking.php
      To break the link the phpbb and the facebook accounts.

    * facebook_login.php
      To login via facebook.

    * facebook_logout.php
      To clean-logout  from facebook.

    * /includes/auth/auth_facebook.php
      To implement facebook authentication in phpBB

    * /includes/facebook/config.php
      Here are API key and  applicationn secret

Just add your application key and secret in /includes/facebook/config.php
Next, just hit the facebook_login.php, it connects automatically to the forum if the account is linked, if not, it redirects on facebook_linking.php to link the accounts.

Thanks for the replies people. I tried going to facebook_login.php (after correcting the directory structure), and it redirects automatically back to my forum's homepage. I'm not sure if it's already linked or something.

So I logged out from the forum, then go to facebook_login.php again. This time it asked me to login, then after logging in, it asked me if I want to link the accounts. I linked them together already, but I'm not sure if it's working because it still shows 0 users on my FB's application page.

Am I doing it right? If yes, I'd have to learn to make things like ability to register a new account based on the user's FB account? I'm not sure if I could do it because I'm just an average webmaster with no experience coding whatsoever.

Someone did it nicely here: http://www.cluboholic.com/phpBB3/

But he's not replying me asking how he did it. Clicking on his FB Connect button will bring you to the registration page, with just 2 field, choosing a new username or use FB's name, and pick a password. Real neat.

Yes, this modification is officially out, and can be found here:

http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi … ;t=1692295

It works great, no flaws at all.