Laravel realtime chatting application

Very simple php based chatting application

Installation

1. Clone this repo

https://github.com/samironbarai/laravel_chat.git

2. Install composer packages

cd laravel_chat
$ composer install

3. Create and setup .env file

make a copy of .env.example and rename to .env
$ php artisan key:generate
put database credentials in .env file

4. Migrate and insert records

$ php artisan migrate
$ php artisan tinker
$ factory(App\User::class, 30)->create();
$ factory(App\Message::class, 500)->create();

5. Create and setup pusher account

login to https://pusher.com/ and create new app
put pusher credentials to .env file
replace PUSHER_APP_KEY in your app.blade.php

var pusher = new Pusher('49f3ba8c9d3adab2613e', {
    cluster: 'ap2',
    forceTLS: true
});