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social()

A convenient way to implement social media “like”, “share”, and “tweet” buttons for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest.

PHP February 14, 2019

Usage

PHP
nebula()->social($networks, $counts)

Parameters

$networks
(Optional) (String or Array) An array of which networks' buttons to use.
Default: Facebook, Twitter

$counts
(Optional) (Boolean) Whether to show the number of "likes", "shares", etc.
Default: false

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Examples

Using a single network

PHP
<?php nebula()->social('facebook'); ?>

Only show "like" counts to developers and clients.

PHP
<?php nebula()->social(array('facebook', 'twitter'), nebula()->is_staff()); ?>

Demo


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    Source File

    Located in /libs/Functions.php on line 1158.

    1 Hook

    Find these filters and actions in the source code below to hook into them. Use do_action() and add_filter() in your functions file or plugin.

    Filters
    "pre_nebula_social"
    Need a new filter hook? Request one here.

    Actions
    This function has no action hooks available. Request one?

    PHP
            public function social($networks=array('shareapi', 'facebook', 'twitter'), $counts=0){
                $override = apply_filters('pre_nebula_social', null, $networks, $counts);
                if ( isset($override) ){return;}
    
                if ( is_string($networks) ){ //if $networks is a string, create an array for the string.
                    $networks = array($networks);
                } elseif ( is_int($networks) && ($networks === 1 || $networks === 0) ){ //If it is an integer of 1 or 0, then set it to $counts
                    $counts = $networks;
                    $networks = array('shareapi', 'facebook', 'twitter');
                } elseif ( !is_array($networks) ){
                    $networks = array('shareapi', 'facebook', 'twitter');
                }
    
                //Convert $networks to lower case without dashes/spaces for more flexible string matching later.
                $networks = array_map(function($value){
                    return str_replace(array(' ', '_', '-'), '', strtolower($value));
                }, $networks);
    
                echo '<div class="sharing-links">';
    
                //If the 'shareapi' cookie and 'shareapi' is requested, return *only* the Share API
                if ( isset($this->super->cookie['shareapi']) || in_array($networks, array('shareapi')) ){
                    $networks = array('shareapi');
                }
    
                foreach ( $networks as $network ){
                    //Share API
                    if ( in_array($network, array('shareapi')) ){
                        $this->share_api();
                    }
    
                    //Facebook
                    if ( in_array($network, array('facebook', 'fb')) ){
                        $this->facebook_share($counts);
                    }
    
                    //Twitter
                    if ( in_array($network, array('twitter')) ){
                        $this->twitter_tweet($counts);
                    }
    
                    //LinkedIn
                    if ( in_array($network, array('linkedin', 'li')) ){
                        $this->linkedin_share($counts);
                    }
    
                    //Pinterest
                    if ( in_array($network, array('pinterest', 'pin')) ){
                        $this->pinterest_pin($counts);
                    }
                }
    
                echo '</div><!--/sharing-links-->';
            }
    

    Override

    To override this PHP function, use this hook in your child theme or plugin ("my_custom" can be changed):

    PHP
    add_filter('pre_nebula_social', 'my_custom_social', 10, 3); //The last integer must be 1 more than the actual parameters
    function my_custom_social($null, $networks, $counts){ //$null is required, but can be ignored
        //Write your own code here
    
        return true; //Return true to prevent the original function from running afterwords
    }

    You can completely disable this PHP function with a single line actions:

    PHP
     add_filter('pre_nebula_social', '__return_false');