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A simple and lightweight PHP SDK library for VKontakte social network.

Install

Install library with Composer dependency manager:

$ composer require bocharsky-bw/vkontakte-php-sdk

Include

Require composer autoloader in your index file:

require __DIR__ . '/path/to/vendor/autoload.php';

Create instance of Vkontakte class with your own configuration parameters:

use \BW\Vkontakte as Vk;

$vk = new Vk([
    'client_id' => 'APP_ID',
    'client_secret' => 'APP_SECRET',
    'redirect_uri' => 'REDIRECT_URI',
]);

OAuth authorization

Build authorization link in your template:

<a href="<?= $vk->getLoginUrl() ?>">Authenticate</a>

Handle response, received from oauth.vk.com and store access token to session for restore it when page will be reload:

session_start(); // start session if you don't

if (isset($_GET['code'])) {
    $vk->authenticate($_GET['code']);
    $_SESSION['access_token'] = $vk->getAccessToken();
    header('Location: '.'http://'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
    exit;
} else {
    $accessToken = isset($_SESSION['access_token']) ? $_SESSION['access_token'] : null;
    $vk->setAccessToken($accessToken);
    var_dump($_SESSION['access_token']);
}

Get the authenticated user ID

$userId = $vk->getUserId();
var_dump($userId);

Calling API

/** @var array[] $users */
$users = $vk->api('users.get', [
    'user_id' => 1,
    'fields' => [
        'photo_50',
        'city',
        'sex',
    ],
]);
var_dump($users);

For more info read the official docs:

• Send API requests
• List of API methods