Facebook sharer.php not deprecated anymore?

Question

I read a while ago that the sharer.php script was being deprecated in favour of the "like" button. I just headed over to developers.facebook.com and found an article explaining how to use the sharer.php. Does this mean it's back?

Answer 1

Does this mean its back?

Yes, it is.

The re-introduced it together with the new native share dialogs for iOS/Android apps:

https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2013/07/11/four-reasons-to-upgrade-to-the-new-share-dialog-for-ios/

https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2013/08/20/new-tools-for-android-developers--updated-sdk--share-dialog-and-more/

Answer 2

Yes the sharer.php is back and here are official examples on how to use it: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/share/

One main advantages of using the sharer.php is that you can have big images in your posts.

If you follow the guide at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/opengraph/howtos/maximizing-distribution-media-content/ and use the javascript FB.ui dialog, you will never get big images. The only way to get big images in your post is to use the sharer.php.