Laravel Share
Share links exist on almost every page in every project, creating the code for these share links over and over again can be a pain in the ass. With Laravel Share you can generate these links in just seconds in a way tailored for Laravel.
Available services
- Telegram
Installation
You can install the package via composer:
composer require jorenvanhocht/laravel-share
If you don't use auto-discovery, add the ServiceProvider to the providers array in config/app.php
// config/app.php
'providers' => [
...
Jorenvh\Share\Providers\ShareServiceProvider::class,
];
And optionally add the facade in config/app.php
// config/app.php
'aliases' => [
...
'Share' => Jorenvh\Share\ShareFacade::class,
];
Publish the package config & resource files.
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Jorenvh\Share\Providers\ShareServiceProvider"
You might need to republish the config file when updating to a newer version of Laravel Share
This will publish the laravel-share.php
config file to your config folder, share.js
in public/js/
and laravel-share.php
in your resources/lang/vendor/en/
folder.
Fontawesome
Since this package relies on Fontawesome, you will have to require it's css, js & fonts in your app. You can do that by requesting a embed code via their website or by installing it locally in your project.
Laravel share supports Font Awesome v4 and v5, by default v4 is used. You can specify the version you want to use in config/laravel-share.php
Javascript
Load jquery.min.js & share.js by adding the following lines to your template files.
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="{{ asset('js/share.js') }}"></script>
Usage
Creating one share link
Share::page('http://jorenvanhocht.be')->facebook();
Share::page('http://jorenvanhocht.be', 'Your share text can be placed here')->twitter();
Share::page('http://jorenvanhocht.be', 'Your share text can be placed here')->reddit();
Share::page('http://jorenvanhocht.be', 'Share title')->linkedin('Extra linkedin summary can be passed here')
Share::page('http://jorenvanhocht.be')->whatsapp()
Telegram
Share::page('http://jorenvanhocht.be', 'Your share text can be placed here')->telegram();
Sharing the current url
Instead of manually passing an url, you can opt to use the currentPage
function.
Share::currentPage()->facebook();
Creating multiple share Links
If want multiple share links for (multiple) providers you can just chain the methods like this.
Share::page('http://jorenvanhocht.be', 'Share title')
->facebook()
->twitter()
->linkedin('Extra linkedin summary can be passed here')
->whatsapp();
This will generate the following html
<div id="social-links">
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http://jorenvanhocht.be" class="social-button " id=""><span class="fa fa-facebook-official"></span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=my share text&url=http://jorenvanhocht.be" class="social-button " id=""><span class="fa fa-twitter"></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http://jorenvanhocht.be&title=my share text&summary=dit is de linkedin summary" class="social-button " id=""><span class="fa fa-linkedin"></span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://wa.me/?text=http://jorenvanhocht.be" class="social-button " id=""><span class="fa fa-whatsapp"></span></a></li>
</ul>
</div>
Getting the raw links
In some cases you may only need the raw links without any html, you can get these by calling the getRawLinks
method.
A single link
Share::page('http://jorenvanhocht.be', 'Share title')
->facebook()
->getRawLinks();
Outputs:
https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http://jorenvanhocht.be
Multiple links
Share::page('http://jorenvanhocht.be', 'Share title')
->facebook()
->twitter()
->linkedin('Extra linkedin summary can be passed here')
->whatsapp()
->onlyLink();
Outputs:
[
"facebook" => "https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http://jorenvanhocht.be",
"twitter" => "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Share+title&url=http://jorenvanhocht.be",
"linkedin" => "http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http://jorenvanhocht.be&title=Share+title&summary=Extra+linkedin+summary+can+be+passed+here",
"whatsapp" => "https://wa.me/?text=http://jorenvanhocht.be",
]
Optional parameters
Add extra classes, id's or titles to the social buttons
You can simply add extra class(es), id('s) or title(s) by passing an array as the third parameter on the page method.
Share::page('http://jorenvanhocht.be', null, ['class' => 'my-class', 'id' => 'my-id', 'title' => 'my-title'])
->facebook();
Which will result in the following html
<div id="social-links">
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http://jorenvanhocht.be" class="social-button my-class" id="my-id"><span class="fa fa-facebook-official"></span></a></li>
</ul>
</div>
Custom wrapping
By default social links will be wrapped in the following html
<div id="social-links">
<ul>
<!-- social links will be added here -->
</ul>
</div>
This can be customised by passing the prefix & suffix as a parameter.
Share::page('http://jorenvanhocht.be', null, [], '<ul>', '</ul>')
->facebook();
This will output the following html.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http://jorenvanhocht.be" class="social-button " id=""><span class="fa fa-facebook-official"></span></a></li>
</ul>
Changelog
Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.
Testing
$ composer test
Contributing
Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.
Security
If you discover any security related issues, please email [email protected] instead of using the issue tracker.
Credits
License
The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.