How do I get the total number of friends using the Facebook API and PHP?

api, facebook, php

Solution

Try this

$uid = $facebook->getUser();  
$fbme= $facebook->api('/me');  
echo "Welcome ".$fbme['name'];  
$frnz= $facebook->api('/me/friends');  
echo "< br />Total Number of friends you have:".sizeof($frnz['data'])."< br/>";

Problem

How can I get the total number of friends using the Facebook PHP API? This is my code so far: ``` <?php require_once 'facebook.php'; $appapikey = 'x'; $appsecret = 'x'; $facebook = new Facebook($appapikey, $appsecret); $user_id = $facebook->getuser(); $friends = ???; ```

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