Facebook Cookbook

Checking Extended Permissions

Problem

How can I check to see whether a user has granted my app extended permissions?

Solution

Use the Users.hasAppPermission() method, which is not currently included in the PHP Client Library (see Adding Missing PHP Client Library Methods):

$permission = $facebook->api_client->Users_hasAppPermission('status_update');

Discussion

This will return true (1) or false (0). There are three extended permissions you can check for:

status_update

You can set the user’s status with Users.setStatus().

create_listing

You can create Marketplace listings for the user.

photo_upload

You can upload photos and set tags on nonpending photos.

See Extended Permissions for more information.