upload photos got by fql query on my server - facebook

Question

Hello guys i'm trying to understand how to upload the image from facebook.
function for do fql query. Is useful for future occasions.
<?php
// connection facebook api key...
function fb_fql($fql) {
$this->ci =& get_instance();
// Get User Details
$this->ci->load->model('facebook_model');
$this->ci->load->library('user');
// $fb_id = $this->ci->user->get_facebook_id($this->ci->session->userdata('user_id'));
// User is found
// Get Facebook User profile
$user_profile = $this->ci->facebook->getUser();
$result = false;
if ($user_profile) { // if profile exist
try{
$accessToken = $this->ci->facebook->getAccessToken();
$fb_id = $this->ci->facebook->api('/me?access_token='.$accessToken);
if( isset($user_profile) )
{
$fql_run = array(
'method' => 'fql.query',
'query' => $fql,
);
$result = $this->ci->facebook->api($fql_run); // run fql
} else { $result = false; }
}catch(FacebookApiException $e){
$result = null;
}
}
return $result;
}
?>
Here i get the photos by this query and the result of the array show correctly 10 photos of facebook. Now i have to upload it on my server but how can i do that?
<?php
// fql query
$fql = "SELECT pid
FROM photo
WHERE aid IN (
SELECT aid
FROM album
WHERE owner=me() LIMIT 10
) ";
// run query
$photos = $this->facebook_action->fb_fql($fql);
if ($photos != false) {
foreach ($photos as $photo) {
echo print_r($photos); // show the array with the data taken
// here i would like upload the photos got from the query.
}
} else {
echo "no photo";
}
?>

Answer 1

You will need to get the src or src_big field from the photo table and then download this using CURL, file_put_contents or similar. There are quite a few StackOverflow answers for grabbing an image and saving it to a file - e.g Saving image from PHP URL
SELECT src_big FROM photo
WHERE aid IN (SELECT aid FROM album WHERE owner=me() LIMIT 10)
Since you will be downloading user's data to your own server, I would advise you to check that your application does not violate the Facebook Platform Policy.