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A Laravel JQuery chat that is just like Facebook chat

Installation

Laravel Messenger supports Laravel 5.3 and higher.

Package

Require via composer

$ composer require baklysystems/laravel-chat-messenger

In config/app.php file

'providers' => [
    ...
    BaklySystems\LaravelMessenger\LaravelMessengerServiceProvider::class,
    ...
];

'aliases' => [
    ...
    'Messenger' => BaklySystems\LaravelMessenger\Facades\Messenger::class,
    ...
];

Laravel Messenger Files

Then, run php artisan vendor:publish to publish the config file, MessageController and assets and routes.

Laravel Messenger Styles and Scripts

Make sure to add @yield('css-styles') in your app/master head section and @yield('js-scripts') to your app/master scripts section, or edit section naming in view/vendor/messenger/messenger.blade.php

JQuery is required for the messenger script.

Make sure to add include('messenger.php'); to your web.php

Laravel Messenger Pusher

Add your pusher keys in config/messenger.php file.

And voila, you can start conversation with any user by linking to your-domain.com/messenger/t/{userId}.

Customization

Migrations

To publish and edit messenger migrations, run the publish command with messenger-migrations tag.

$ php artisan vendor:publish --tag messenger-migrations

Views

To publish and edit messenger views, run the publish command with messenger-views tag.

$ php artisan vendor:publish --tag messenger-views

TODO

• emotions.
• upload photos.
• Attach files.
• Show date before every conversation beginning.
• paginate and load threads.
• Laravel Messenger chatbox.
• Unauthenticated chatbox to message customer service.