Did you try this?
$params = array(
'scope' => 'email,user_about_me, user_birthday, user_location',
'redirect_uri' => 'http://apps.facebook.com/yourappsnamespace'
);
$url = $this->facebook->getLoginUrl($params);
echo "<script type='text/javascript'>" . "top.location.href = '" . $url. "';</script>";