Copy text to clipboard using JavaScript / PHP

Question

Trying to make a link that will copy some text, and what I was wondering (I have read some articles but they were for when people input things) if there was a way to just put any random text into the clipboard? I wanted to do this using JavaScript to do the actual copying and use PHP to get the actual data that I want to copy, I dont know that much JavaScript so keep that in mind, Thanks.

Nothing will beat Zero Clipboard: stackoverflow.com/questions/14432838/… — Hanky Panky
– Hanky Panky, Commented Jan 19, 2016 at 14:27

David Gomez · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-19 14:22:59Z

3

This is a recurrent question and it is a lot of "solutions" but mostly you will end up using flash if you want full platform support.

If that is not the case, you can use libraries like clipboard.js, and there's a lot more out there, just look for them.

answered Jan 19, 2016 at 14:22

David Gomez

2,7822 gold badges21 silver badges28 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

2 Comments

Geoff Atkins Over a year ago

Flash itself doesn't exactly full platform support.

David Gomez Over a year ago

True, but sadly is the "most complete" solution we have so far

Hamza Awan · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-21 04:53:01Z

0

HTML

<div id="copy-text">Some Text</div>
<button onclick="copyToClipboard('#copy-text')" type="button" >Copy</button>

JS

function copyToClipboard(element) {
    var $temp = $("<input>");
    $("body").append($temp);
    $temp.val($(element).text()).select();
    document.execCommand("copy");
    $temp.remove();
}

answered Jul 21, 2017 at 4:53

Hamza Awan

1321 silver badge8 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Copy text to clipboard using JavaScript / PHP

2 Answers 2

2 Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

2 Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Linked

Related