How to implements whatsapp share button in website

Question

Im building a website in php , i would like to implement whatsapp share button in it .I searched the internet for a while but couldn't find anything can any one explain how it works and how can i implement

Thanks in advance

whatapp share only works when you are using mobile device, – Akhil Aravind Jun 06 '18 at 05:12 — Akhil Aravind, Jun 06 '18 at 05:12
Not anymore. Try https://wa.me/?text=Some+Text – Nemesarial Mar 27 '20 at 07:29 — Nemesarial, Mar 27 '20 at 07:29

Dhanu K · Answer 1 · 2018-06-06T09:29:34.717

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This might help you

<a href="https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=91XXXXXXXXXX&text=urlencodedtext" target="_blank">WA</a>

phone and text parameters are not mandatory

this works in the mobile browser and pc browser, in pc this will open https://web.whatsapp.com/

I think this might be a better solution.

edited Jun 06 '18 at 09:29

answered Jun 06 '18 at 05:25

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This will require a Phone no to work I guess – Shivank Verma Jun 06 '18 at 08:47
no it is optional – Dhanu K Jun 06 '18 at 09:27

score 13 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 06 '18 at 05:20

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Please note that this only works with mobile devices and mobile browsers

use this to share in whatsapp, text= The text to share / link / or anything; if you are using url, dont forget to encode it

<a href="whatsapp://send?text=The text to share!" data-action="share/whatsapp/share">Share via Whatsapp</a>

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answered Jun 06 '18 at 05:13

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is there any way to make it work in whatsapp web – Faizal Hussain Jun 06 '18 at 05:24
@FaizalHussain you can either add two different html tags and make it toggle based on viewport. Or you can manage its behavior with Javascript. – Umair Razzaq Oct 21 '20 at 07:56
href="https://web.whatsapp.com/send?text=The text to share!" @FaizalHussain – Immran Mohammed Feb 16 '22 at 07:55

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