prbaron / push_notifications

How to add push notifications to a PHP application with socket.io

Tutorial push notifications

demo : https://tutopushnotifications.herokuapp.com/
tutorial (FR) : http://pierrebaron.fr/blog/push-notification-php-nodejs/

This repository provides a base code to a PHP application with push notifications provided by socket.io.

Technologies

• server : Lumen
• push : socket.io + elephant.io (socket.io PHP library)
• client : AngularJS

install

1. clone the project
2. run composer install
3. run mv .env.example .env
4. Open the .env file and update the APP_KEY and database information
5. Create a MySQL database
6. run php artisan migrate to create tables
7. run cd push; npm install to install nodejs vendor (Express and socket.io)
8. run npm start to launch the push server
9. head over to http://localhost:8000 and enjoy !