- file_get_contents: documentation ( source)
- explode: documentation ( source)
<?php
function facebook_id_by_name($fb_username) {
if($facebook_broncode = file_get_contents('https://www.facebook.com/'.$fb_username)) {
list($dump, $data) = explode('"entity_id":"', $facebook_broncode);
list($id, $dump) = explode('"',$data);
RETURN $id;
} else {
RETURN false;
}
}
echo facebook_id_by_name('christophe195');