trinca / trvmsg by trive
forked from cmgmyr/laravel-messenger

Features

• Multiple conversations per user
• Optionally loop in additional users with each new message
• View the last message for each thread available
• Returns either all messages in the system, all messages associated to the user, or all message associated to the user with new/unread messages
• Return the users unread message count easily
• Very flexible usage so you can implement your own acess control

Common uses

• Open threads (everyone can see everything)
• Group messaging (only participants can see their threads)
• One to one messaging (private or direct thread)

Installation (Laravel 5.x)

In composer.json:

"require": {
    "trvmsg/messenger": "~2.0"
}

Run:

composer update

Add the service provider to config/app.php under providers:

'providers' => [
    Trvmsg\Messenger\MessengerServiceProvider::class,
]

Publish Assets

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Trvmsg\Messenger\MessengerServiceProvider" --tag="config"

Update config file to reference your User Model:

config/messenger.php

Create a users table if you do not have one already. If you need one, simply use this example as a starting point, then migrate.

Migrate your database:

php artisan migrate

Add the trait to your user model:

use Trvmsg\Messenger\Traits\Messagable;

class User extends Model {
	use Messagable;
}

Examples

• Controller
• Routes
• Views

Note: These examples use the laravelcollective/html package that is no longer included in Laravel 5 out of the box. Make sure you require this dependency in your composer.json file if you intend to use the example files.

Example Projects

• [WIP] Pusher
• [WIP] Lumen API

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email Chris Gmyr instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Chris Gmyr
• All Contributors

Special Thanks

This package used AndreasHeiberg/laravel-messenger as a starting point.