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General function for sharing webpage on social medias. Pass name of the social media you want to share webpage on, or if you want to share a specific page from webpage then pass the url as 2nd argument. See examples for clarification.
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example.php
<?php
echo "<h3>Share current page</h3>";
echo '<a href="" class="" ' . socialLink( 'facebook' ) . '>Share on Facebook</a><br/>';
echo '<a href="" class="" ' . socialLink( 'twitter' ) . '>Share on Twitter</a><br/>';
echo '<a href="" class="" ' . socialLink( 'google' ) . '>Share on Google</a><br/>';
echo "<h3>Share specific url</h3>";
echo '<a href="" class="" ' . socialLink( 'facebook', 'www.worthers.com' ) . '>Share on Facebook</a><br/>';
echo '<a href="" class="" ' . socialLink( 'twitter' , 'www.worthers.com' ) . '>Share on Twitter</a><br/>';
echo '<a href="" class="" ' . socialLink( 'google' , 'www.worthers.com' ) . '>Share on Google</a><br/>';
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social_page.php
<?php
function socialLink( $media, $url = false )
{
switch( $media ) {
case 'facebook':
return 'onclick="window.open(\'https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=\'+' . ( $url != '' ? "encodeURIComponent('{$url}')" : 'encodeURIComponent(location.href)') . ', \'facebook-share-dialog\', \'width=626,height=436\'); return false;"';
case 'twitter':
return 'onclick="window.open(\'http://twitter.com/share?url=\'+' . ( $url != '' ? "encodeURIComponent('{$url}')" : 'encodeURIComponent(location.href)') . ', \'\',\'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600\'); return false;"';
case 'google':
return 'onclick="javascript:window.open(\'https://plus.google.com/share?url=\'+' . ($url != '' ? "encodeURIComponent('{$url}')" : 'encodeURIComponent(location.href)') . ', \'\',\'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600\'); return false;"';
default:
return;
}
}
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