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Laravel Chat is simple chat from box for quick start create your own chat.

Demo version how it can work

What in box?

This package provide:

• Laravel command for start chat from CLI
• Opportunity for extending base functions
• Migration with for DB for saving all your messages
• Create more than two users in chat
• Build on socket library cboden/ratchet

How it use?

1. Install package composer require egofoxlab/laravel-chat in root folder.
2. Run migration php artisan migrate for create chat tables.
3. Create your chat command php artisan make:command MyChat it's your first step for overwrite chat.
4. In new created MyChat class you can set your configurations.
5. Run chat php artisan chat_server:serve - default command name for chat. You can overwrite it.

When you create your own chat command and extend it from laravel-chat it's start point for extending your chat with your requirements.

Where code demo?

Also I created separated repository with example where you can see chat in working with frontend. REPO