title: Facebook PHP-SDK or GET request on Graph API?
body: <p>I am new to this field, and I would like to build a small external PHP application based on Facebook API and data from users.<Br><Br>I found that I can use the <strong>PHP-SDK</strong><br> <code>$results = $facebook-&gt;api('/fql', array('q'=&gt;'FQL_QUERY'));</code> <br>or a <strong>GET request</strong> to
      <a href="http://graph.facebook.com/fql?q=FQL_QUERY_HERE" rel="nofollow">http://graph.facebook.com/fql?q=FQL_QUERY_HERE</a></p>
  
  <p>What is the best method to use? Are there any difference in speed?<br>How can I make a GET request? using <em>get file contents</em>?</p>