guilhermeslk/laravel-realtime-chat

# Laravel Realtime Chat
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A realtime chat sample written in Laravel 4.2 + Redis + Node.js + Socket.io.

Um exemplo de chat realtime escrito em Laravel 4.2 + Redis Node.js + Socket.io (instruções somente em inglês).

Live example available at: http://chat.guilhermeslk.com.br :)

## Requirements
    Laravel 4.2
    MySQL
    Redis
    Node.js
    NPM

## How to install
### Step 1: Clone this repo

```bash
$ git clone https://github.com/guilhermeslk/laravel-realtime-chat.git
```
### Step 2: Install composer packages

```bash
$ cd laravel-realtime-chat
$ composer install
```
### Step 3: Configure Database
Edit your ***database.php*** to match your local database settings.

```php
    ...
    'connections' => array(

        'mysql' => array(
            'driver'    => 'mysql',
            'host'      => '<HOST>',
            'database'  => '<DATABASE>',
            'username'  => '<USERNAME>',
            'password'  => '<PASSWORD>',
            'charset'   => 'utf8',
            'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
            'prefix'    => '',
        ),
    ...
```
### Step 4: Migrate & Populate Database
Run these commands to create and populate your database:

```bash
$ php artisan migrate
$ php artisan db:seed
```

### Step 5: Install NPM dependencies
CD into the nodejs folder and run npm install in order to have the all dependencies installed.

```bash
$ cd nodejs
$ npm install
```

### Step 6: Run PHP's built-in development server

```bash
$ cd ..
$ php artisan serve
```
### Step 7: Start Redis Server

```bash
$ redis-server
```

### Step 8: Start the "Realtime" server (nodejs/server.js)

```bash
$ ./realtime.sh
```

That's it! Now you should be ready to go!