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Facebook IFrame Applications and the Zend Framework Tutorial 1: AuthenticationOverviewThis tutorial is designed to help Facebook and Zend Framework developers authenticate their IFrame applications with the Facebook Platform ®. This may not be the BEST method of authenticating a Facebook user, but it is intended as a decent starting point for your own implementation.Getting StartedLet's create a sandbox Zend Framework (ZF) site so that we can get started. I will assume that you have used Zend Framework before, and are familiar with the Zend_Tool. If not, I can recommend Rob Allen's tutorial which can be found on his blog, at http://akrabat.com/zft./In this example, I am using Zend Framework 1.11.0 (Rob uses 1.10 but his tutorials work fine with 1.11). I will assume that you have a brand new site setup and accessible to your browser, in the default ZF MVC layout:Next up, we need to integrate this into a Facebook IFrame application. To do this, we need to become a Facebook Developer. Login to Facebook, and then go to the Developer application, which is found at http://www.facebook.com/developers/ , and click on the Set Up New App button:You'll see the application screen, give your App a name and agree to the conditions then hit Create Application, you'll be asked to complete some verification, and away you go.Note: Only verified Facebook users can become developers, so you'll have to use a phone or credit card verified account to create the App.Fill in ...