Chat

Real time chat app.

Live Demo
For testing use account: demo@ivan-lim.com, password: demonow

Technologies used

• Laravel 6.20.12
• Vue.js 2.0
• Bootstrap 4
• PHP 7
• Pusher
• Laravel Echo

Installation

Run composer install Run yarn run production

Set up configurations

The following files contain application specific configurations that should be modified or added

• .env
  • APP_NAME
  • DB_CONNECTION
  • DB_HOST
  • DB_PORT
  • DB_DATABASE
  • DB_USERNAME
  • DB_PASSWORD
  • PUSHER_APP_ID
  • PUSHER_APP_KEY
  • PUSHER_APP_SECRET
  • PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER
  • BROADCAST_DRIVER=pusher
• config/app.php
  • version
  • Enable App\Providers\BroadcastServiceProvider::class

Deployment on shared hosting

• Copy all files from the public folder into public_html on the host
• Copy all files except files from public, node_modules, and tests into a new folder at the same level as public_html, e.g. larachat
• Change both require paths in public_html\index.php to point to the location above, e.g. require __DIR__.'/../larachat/vendor/autoload.php'; and $app = require_once __DIR__.'/../larachat/bootstrap/app.php';
• Modify the settings in larachat\.env to reflect production environment
  • APP_ENV=production
  • APP_DEBUG=false
  • APP_URL
  • DB_CONNECTION
  • DB_HOST
  • DB_PORT
  • DB_DATABASE
  • DB_USERNAME
  • DB_PASSWORD
• Ensure PHP version is set to 7.0 or above