unicodeveloper/laravel-emoji

A Laravel 5 Package for Using & Working With Emojis

laravel-emoji

, _(*1)

A Laravel 5 Package for Using & Working With Emojis in your Laravel Apps, _(*2)

Installation

PHP 7 and Composer are required., _(*3)

To get the latest version of Laravel Emoji, simply add the following line to the require block of your composer.json file., _(*4)

"unicodeveloper/laravel-emoji": "1.0.*"

You'll then need to run composer install or composer update to download it and have the autoloader updated., _(*5)

Once Laravel Emoji is installed, you need to register the service provider. Open up config/app.php and add the following to the providers key., _(*6)

• Unicodeveloper\Emoji\EmojiServiceProvider::class

Also, register the Facade like so:, _(*7)

'aliases' => [
    ...
    'Emoji' => Unicodeveloper\Emoji\Facades\Emoji::class,
    ...
]

Usage

Translate Emoji names to Unicode and Vice-versa., _(*8)

>> Emoji::findByAlias("kissing_heart")
=> "😘"

>> Emoji::findByName("sunglasses")
=> "😎"

>> Emoji::findByUnicode("\u{1F603}")
=> "smiley"

This package contains some of the characters listed on http://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html, _(*9)

Contributing

Please feel free to fork this package and contribute by submitting a pull request to enhance the functionalities., _(*10)

I am accepting PR's that add characters to emoji.php. Please use this list to look up the unicode value and the name of the character., _(*11)

How can I thank you?

Why not star the github repo? I'd love the attention! Why not share the link for this repository on Twitter or HackerNews? Spread the word!, _(*12)

Don't forget to follow me on twitter!, _(*13)

Thanks! Prosper Otemuyiwa., _(*14)

Inspiration

• Emoji

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information., _(*15)