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

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Linkedin
• WhatsApp
• Reddit
• Telegram

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require jorenvanhocht/laravel-share

Publish the package config & resource files.

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Jorenvh\Share\Providers\ShareServiceProvider"

Fontawesome

Since this package relies on Fontawesome, you will have to require its css, js & fonts in your app. You can do that by requesting an embed code via their website or by installing it locally in your project.

Javascript

Load jquery.min.js & share.js by adding the following lines to your template files.

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha256-4+XzXVhsDmqanXGHaHvgh1gMQKX40OUvDEBTu8JcmNs=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="{{ asset('js/share.js') }}"></script>

Usage

Creating one share link

Facebook

Share::page('http://jorenvanhocht.be')->facebook();

Twitter

Share::page('http://jorenvanhocht.be', 'Your share text can be placed here')->twitter();

Reddit

Share::page('http://jorenvanhocht.be', 'Your share text can be placed here')->reddit();

Linkedin

Share::page('http://jorenvanhocht.be', 'Share title')->linkedin('Extra linkedin summary can be passed here')

Whatsapp

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();

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