Clipboard

Copy, cut & paste in your application. You read that right.

use Laragear\Clipboard\Facades\Clipboard;

public function foo()
{
    Clipboard::copy('test');
}

public function bar()
{
    Clipboard::paste(); // 'test'
}

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Requirements

• PHP 8 or later
• Laravel 9, 10 or later

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require laragear/clipboard

Usage

The Clipboard works like your normal clipboard in your application.

Method	Description
copy()	Copies a value into the clipboard.
cut()	Moves a value into the clipboard, assigning it null on the current context.
clone()	Clones an object into the clipboard.
paste()	Pastes a value previously copied in the clipboard.
pull()	Pastes a value previously copied, removing it from the Clipboard.
clear()	Clears the clipboard value.

Using the Clipboard to move around values inside the application allows you to avoid registering things into the Service Container unnecessarily, or moving a value around using functions or the cache.

Copy and paste

Copying a value will copy the reference of the object, or the value if is a primitive like a string, int or an array, among others. It works like any other function.

use Laragear\Clipboard\Facades\Clipboard;
use App\Models\Article;

$article = Article::find(5);

// Copy a value
Clipboard::copy($article);

// Edit the reference after has been copied.
$article->title = 'The new title!';

Pasting will paste the value how many times you want. It accepts a default value in case the clipboard is empty.

// Paste a value
Clipboard::paste()->title; // 'The new title'

Clone

Sometimes you may want to actually clone the object instead of copy its reference. For these cases, use the clone() method.

use Laragear\Clipboard\Facades\Clipboard;
use App\Models\Article;

$article = Article::make(['title' => 'Original title']);

// Clone an object
Clipboard::clone($article);

Since it's a clone, the original variable will be different from the one pasted afterward.

$article->title = 'Different title';

echo Clipboard::paste()->title; // "Original title"

Cut and pull

Cut works like copy, but the value in the current context will be assigned null.

use Laragear\Clipboard\Facades\Clipboard;

$article = 'This is a big wall of text.';

// Cut a value
Clipboard::cut($article);

echo $article; // ''

Meanwhile, pull(), will retrieve the value from the Clipboard and remove it from there. It accepts a default value in case the clipboard is empty.

use Laragear\Clipboard\Facades\Clipboard;

$text = Clipboard::pull();

echo $text; // 'This is a big wall of text.'

Clearing

You can clear the Clipboard anytime using clear():

use Laragear\Clipboard\Facades\Clipboard;

Clipboard::copy('I am going to dissapear.');

Clipboard::clear();

echo Clipboard::paste(); // ''

Method pass-through

For your convenience, you don't need to retrieve the Clipboard object to do something. The Clipboard will pass through all methods calls to the copied or cloned object.

use Laragear\Clipboard\Facades\Clipboard;
use App\Models\Article;

$article = Article::make(['title' => 'Original title']);

// Copy a value
Clipboard::copy($article);

// Some lines after...
Clipboard::save();

How this works?

It just registers a singleton that holds a value during the life of the request, or the entirety of the command. That's it.

Laravel Octane compatibility

• There are no singletons using a stale application instance.
• There are no singletons using a stale config instance.
• There are no singletons using a stale request instance.
• There are no static properties written during a request.

There should be no problems using this package with Laravel Octane.

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email darkghosthunter@gmail.com instead of using the issue tracker.

License

This specific package version is licensed under the terms of the MIT License, at time of publishing.

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