facebook like button

Question

How to get the number of Likes in facebook like button?

Here is my scenario, I have five like buttons, I want to sort the buttons based on the number of likes. Is it possible?

Answer 1

There is a button_count settings which once specified, will display the counts to the right of the button.

More Info:

• Like Button

Answer 2

You can get number of likes for any URL by running FQL on link_stat table:

SELECT like_count, url FROM link_stat WHERE url IN("FIRST_SHARE_URL","SECOND_SHARE_URL") ORDER BY like_count

then display buttons in corresponding order.