Talk Example

This is a demo project for Laravel-Talk package. You can learn from here how to use Talk.

Requirements

• PHP 5.5.9 >=
• Composer

Installation

There are no extra process for installation. You may install it as per laravel installation system. Open terminal, goto this project and run these command.

composer install

Configurations

After complete installation process you have to configure you database credentials. First copy .env.example as .env

cp .env.example .env

To generate key please run this

php artisan key:generate

Now open .env file and write database informations. Then run migrate from you terminal

php artisan migrate

When database migration then you have to run database seed command.

php artisan db:seed

Thats it

For Realtime

If you want to get realtime service from this app you have to configure it first. Goto config/talk.php and enable broadcast. After enabling broadcast please set the Pusher app credentials in pusher section.

return [
    'user' => [
        'model' => 'App\User'
    ],
    'broadcast' => [
        'enable' => false,
        'app_name' => 'talk-example',
        'pusher' => [
            'app_id'        => env('PUSHER_APP_ID'),
            'app_key'       => env('PUSHER_KEY'),
            'app_secret'    => env('PUSHER_SECRET')
        ]
    ]
];

Its recommended to setup redis for this app to get better performance in realtime messaging.

Before starting chat you have to start queue listen.

php artisan queue:listen

Run

Run this command in your terminal.

php artisan serve

Now open you project in browser and goto http://localhost:8000. Then login with the given user credentials

email: talk@example.com password: 123456

So, Lets start you journey :)

Here is a project screenshot that was developed by Talk.

Template Credit

Template - Live chat window widget by SergioGalindo