Display Number of Fans for Facebook Fan Page in WordPress | Open Social

Standards Based Development

Use the snippet below to show the number of fans a facebook fan page has in WordPress:

<?php
	$page_id = "353527996407";
	$xml = @simplexml_load_file("http://api.facebook.com/restserver.php?method=facebook.fql.query&query=SELECT%20fan_count%20FROM%20page%20WHERE%20page_id=".$page_id."") or die ("a lot");
	$fans = $xml->page->fan_count;
	echo $fans;
?>