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arnoldgamboa

I've used this Social package for a couple of projects, and it works pretty fine:

https://github.com/gkwelding/FuelPHP-Social-Package

I'm on FuelPHP 1.6 dev and has been installing packages through composer. I'm thinking, is there a FuelPHP social package (or just Facebook for now) that used composer?

arnoldgamboa

I have added the Facebook SDK via composer:

http://vvv.tobiassjosten.net/php/facebook-php-sdk-with-composer/

I guess, what I need to understand is to how it would work inside FuelPHP 1.6? :D

1. Is it autoloaded?

2. Where should I place this to auto load the settings:

$facebook = new Facebook(array(
'appId' => '1234567890',
'secret' => 'asdfghjkl',
));

Harro

You can use it as any other class, Composer will take care of the autoloading for you.

I assume you would create the $facebook object in the controller method where you need it?

arnoldgamboa

Thanks Harro.

I remember you mentioned before in my Monga composer question that I need to create a static class to handle this? I assume that's going to be the same approach?

Harro

You don't have too, it depends on your use case.

A static interface, with forge() and instance() methods is handy if you need to pass objects around a lot. Instead of doing that, your static class can act as a container for your objects, and you can use the instance() method to access them from anywhere.

If you don't have that requirement, and only need the object within the scope of a controller or controller method, use normal instantiation, and either use a local variable or a property.

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