Best way to implement Facebook PHP SDK into Yii Framework

Ya. download Facebook SDK files and Keep it in protected/components/Facebook then edit your config/main.php with

'import'=>array(         //autoloading model and component classes     'application.models.*',    'application.components.*',    'application.components.Facebook.*',),

and add appid andsecret key in your param

'params'=>array(    'Facebook'=>array(          'appId' => '148966221932337',        'secret' => 'a52ce7b4a0cd5d517c6ada53fc77cde7',        'cookie' => true,    ),);

From you page you can call your Facebook SDK like this

$facebook = new Facebook(Yii::app()->params['Facebook']);$user_id = $facebook->getUser();

thank you.

I always try to store config variables in the DB. Especially if they involve a secret key. I would use Yii's crypt functionality and store it in the db. Then I would create model around retrieving config variables like that.

Secondly as far as the actual connection work and what have you, I would put that as a Component which extends CApplicationComponent, and either place the file in the extensions directory or the components directory. If you want to make it a true object. I think the helpers idea is a just a set a loose functions, mostly I use helpers for array and string work .

Kind of late, but I ended up downloading the Facebook SDK files with composer, autoloading those, and created a FacebookService extending CApplicationComponent that wraps the SDK.

So the main config is like

'facebookService'=>array(            'class' => 'FacebookService',            'appId' =>'xxxxxxxxxxx',            'appSecret' => 'xxxxxxxxxx',            'extendedAccessToken' => "xxxxxxxxxx",        ),

and you can use it like

Yii::app()->facebookService->[method_I_defined]