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  1. @biojazzard biojazzard created this gist Mar 6, 2016.
    57 changes: 57 additions & 0 deletions facebook_page_latest_post_no_php_sdk.php
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    <?php

    /*
    1.- Create an App.
    2.- Go to: https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer/
    + Select your new created app on the right top.
    + Select "Get App Token"
    3.- Copy this "{ACCESS-TOKEN}" (is in the form: number|hash)
    IMPORTANT: (This are not app_id|app_secret!!!)
    4.- Query the URL:
    + https://graph.facebook.com/{PAGE-ID}}/posts?access_token={ACCESS-TOKEN}
    (5).- Equivalent URL
    + https://graph.facebook.com/{PAGE-ID}}/feed?access_token={ACCESS-TOKEN}
    */

    function curl_helper($url) {
    $ch = curl_init();
    $timeout = 5;
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
    $data = curl_exec($ch);
    curl_close($ch);
    return json_decode($data);
    }

    // Facebook Page: take the last post from here.

    $page_ID = '{PAGE-ID}';

    // Hardcode the App Acces token obtained in point 3. (Server Side Please.)

    $access_token = '{ACCESS-TOKEN}';

    $posts = curl_helper('https://graph.facebook.com/'.$page_ID.'/posts?access_token='.$access_token);

    $latest_post = $posts->data[0];

    list($pageID, $postID) = preg_split('/_/', $latest_post->id);

    $post_url = 'https://www.facebook.com/'.$pageID.'/posts'.'/'.$postID;

    $text = '<a href="'.$post_url.'">'.$latest_post->message.'</a>';

    echo $text;

    ?>