How to use Facebook Sharer in PHP

Question

Am I missing something? I use this simple code

<a name="fb_share" type="button" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=123.abc.comt=TEst">share on Facebook</a>

and the content that is being shared is blank? Thanks

Answer 1

Ah, Its simple, What ever page you want to share, Just put it after u= Any link after that will be shared on facebook, If the link page has og:meta-tags, og:image, og:title and og:decription, It will also be shared of that page making it interactive :)

Answer 2

You're missing the ampersand ('&') in your url:

<a name="fb_share" type="button" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=123.abc.com&t=TEst">share on Facebook</a>

Answer 3

Don't use the sharer, it has been deprecated and is no longer supported:

The Share button has been deprecated in favor of the Like button, and will no longer be supported.
Please use the Like button whenever possible to drive maximum traffic to your apps.

(http://developers.facebook.com/docs/share/)

What happened to the old Share button?

We deprecated the Share Button when we launched the Like button, because the Like button improves clickthrough rates by allowing users to connect with one click, and by allowing them to see which of their friends have already connected.

(http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like/)

Answer 4

The Share button is no longer deprecated and has made a come back as share dialogue: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/share-links/

On sites like buzzfeed.com their share buttons are still an important source of referral.