#Laravel Messenger Basic Messaging System for Laravel4
The main purpose of this package is providing an suited Foundation for extended communication platforms, based on laravel 4 (or compatible frameworks).
##Overview You have many users and they want to chat? Couldn't be simplier!
- Participants have many conversations
- A conversation belongs to many participants
- A message belongs to a single conversation
- A conversation consists of many Messages
- Participants latest read timestamp is stored
##Installation
- Add
"andheiberg/messenger": "dev-master"to your composer.json - Run
composer update - Add
'Andheiberg\Messenger\MessengerServiceProvider',toapp/config/app.phpunderproviders - Run
php artisan messenger:setup - Add
use \Andheiberg\Messenger\Traits\UserCanMessage;inside your User model class
Congratulations! Now you can use the laravel4 messenger.
php artisan messenger:setup will publish a Conversation and a Message model to app/models. If you prefer to make them your self, just extend Pichkrement\Messenger\Models\Conversation and Pichkrement\Messenger\Models\Message.
Now you can use it like a pro.
/**
* Display a listing of the resource.
*
* @return Response
*/
public function index()
{
$user = Auth::user();
$conversations = Conversation::forUser()->get();
if ($conversations->isEmpty())
{
return Redirect::route('conversations.create');
}
return Redirect::route('conversations.show', [$conversations->last()->id]);
}
/**
* Show the form for creating a new resource.
*
* @return Response
*/
public function create()
{
$user = Auth::user();
$conversations = Conversation::forUser()->orderBy('updated_at', 'desc')->get();
return View::make('conversations.create', compact('conversations'));
}
/**
* Store a newly created resource in storage.
*
* @return Response
*/
public function store()
{
$input = Input::all();
$conversation = Conversation::create([
'subject' => $input['subject'],
]);
$message = Message::create([
'conversation_id' => $conversation->id,
'user_id' => Auth::user()->id,
'body' => $input['message'],
]);
$sender = Participant::create([
'conversation_id' => $conversation->id,
'user_id' => Auth::user()->id
]);
if ($this->input->has('recipient'))
{
$recipient = User::where('email', $input['recipient'])->first();
Participant::create([
'conversation_id' => $conversation->id,
'user_id' => $recipient->id,
]);
}
return Redirect::route('conversations.index');
}
/**
* Display the specified resource.
*
* @param int $id
* @return Response
*/
public function show($id)
{
$user = Auth::user();
$conversations = Conversation::forUser()->orderBy('updated_at', 'desc')->get();
$conversation = Conversation::find($id);
// $me = Participant::me()->where('conversation_id', $conversation->id)->first();
// $me->last_read = new DateTime;
// $me->save();
return View::make('conversations.show', compact('conversations', 'conversation'));
}
/**
* Show the form for creating a new resource.
*
* @return Response
*/
public function createMessage($conversation)
{
return View::make('conversations.create');
}
/**
* Store a newly created resource in storage.
*
* @return Response
*/
public function storeMessage($conversation)
{
$message = Message::create([
'conversation_id' => $conversation,
'user_id' => $this->auth->user()->id,
'body' => $this->input->input('message'),
]);
return Redirect::route('conversations.show', $conversation);
}