Facebook API and PHP SDK time_range problem

Question

When getting Ads from Facebook using the php sdk like this:

$params = array(    
    'time_range' => array(
        'since' => date('Y-m-d', strtotime('-7 days')),
        'until' => date('Y-m-d', strtotime('-1 days')),
    ),
    'limit' => 10,
    'time_increment' => 1,
);

$ads = $account->getAds(
    array(
        AdFields::ID,
        AdFields::ADSET_ID,
        AdFields::NAME,
        AdFields::ADLABELS,
        AdFields::CREATED_TIME
    ),
    $params
);

The returned ads array contains elements with create_time back to february

It seems like the params are completely ignored.

According to the Facebook docs (https://developers.facebook.com/docs/marketing-api/reference/adgroup/#parameter)

and also the sdk Code

(https://github.com/facebook/facebook-php-business-sdk/blob/1eb51fddd9bbd4af239b5dd940e727216c0278a7/src/FacebookAds/Object/AdAccount.php#L791)

it seems like time_range should be supported.

Any clues on why my output array does not reflect my params

These are the open issues i found: https://developers.facebook.com/community/threads/592418868011048/

this is the new $param I tried with a non-nested array: $params = array( 'time_range[since]' => date('Y-m-d', strtotime('-2 days')), 'time_range[until]' => date('Y-m-d', strtotime('-1 days')), 'limit' => 1000, 'time_increment' => 1, ); Unfortunately, the resulted output number does not change — manuk
– manuk, Commented Nov 4 at 7:51

manuk · Accepted Answer · 2025-11-04 07:59:31Z

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For anyone encountering this issue, I was able to get it to work using the following params:

$params = array(
            'filtering' => array(
                array(
                    'field' => 'created_time',
                    'operator' => 'GREATER_THAN',
                    'value' => strtotime($start_date)
                ),
            ),
            'limit' => 1000
        );

The Reason seems to be that time_range is only supported by the Insights API and not the Marketing API

edited Nov 4 at 7:59

answered Nov 4 at 7:58

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manuk Nov 5 at 8:16

time_range is not working, i presented a working alternative params code to filter ads by their created time. This should be sufficient for anyone encountering this issue

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