This package will allow you to add a full user messaging system into your Laravel application.
- Thread based conversation
- Invite other users to the thread
- Open threads (everyone can see everything)
- Group messaging (only participants can see their threads)
- One to one messaging (private or direct thread)
In composer.json:
"require": {
"hamedmehryar/laravel-chat" "0.0.0"
}
Run:
composer update
Add the service provider to config/app.php
under providers
:
'providers' => [
Hamedmehryar\Chat\ChatServiceProvider::class,
]
Publish Assets
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Hamedmehryar\Chat\ChatServiceProvider"
Update config file to reference your User Model:
config/chat.php
Migrate your database:
php artisan migrate
Add the trait to your user model:
use Hamedmehryar\Chat\Traits\Chatable;
class User extends Model {
use Chatable;
}
Add smiley.css file to your page
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../path/to/your/public/hamedmehryar/chat/smiley.css" >
Note: These examples use the laravelcollective/html package that is no longer included in Laravel 5 out of the box. Make sure you require this dependency in your composer.json
file if you intend to use the example files.
This package used cmgmyr/laravel-messenger as a starting point.