cppcomet/php-chat-example

PHP realtime chat example based on CppComet

☄️ An example of using the CppComet server to create a chat. For more information about CppComet, see documentation

PHP chat example

codepen.io online demo

Scheme of chat

Typical scheme of chat:

• Connecting to the comet server by websockets
• Send ajax message for add new massage to chat
• Send message to CppComet
• CppComet send messages for all subscribers in pipe
• Add message to database (optional)

Step 1. Connecting to the comet server

CppComet has cloud saas alternative that can be used for testing and demo access. In the following examples I will use demonstration access from https://comet-server.com for those who could not or were too lazy to deploy the server on their VPS

Password:lPXBFPqNg3f661JcegBY0N0dPXqUBdHXqj2cHf04PZgLHxT6z55e20ozojvMRvB8
Host: app.comet-server.ru

To connect to the comet server from the JavaScript API, use the following command:

cometApi.start({node:"app.comet-server.ru", dev_id:15})

• in parameter node - set hostname of your own server
• parameter dev_id - use only if you use saas service comet-server.com

Step 2. send message to server

• Send ajax query to php back-end
• Send CometQL query for comet server

code of php back-end

Connection code to CppComet using MySQL protocol:

$host = "app.comet-server.ru";
$user = "15";
$password = "lPXBFPqNg3f661JcegBY0N0dPXqUBdHXqj2cHf04PZgLHxT6z55e20ozojvMRvB8";
$comet = mysqli_connect($host, $user, $password, "CometQL_v1");

The code for sending a message to the pipe "simplechat" and event 'newMessage':

$query = "INSERT INTO pipes_messages (name, event, message)VALUES('simplechat', 'newMessage', '".$msg."')"; 
mysqli_query($comet, $query);

Step 3. receive message from comet server

subscription Code to the pipe on comet server. This callback will be called when somebody send message into channel simplechat

    cometApi.subscription("simplechat.newMessage", function(event){
        $("#web_chat").append('<b>'+HtmlEncode(event.data.name)+'</b>')
        $("#web_chat").append('<pre>'+HtmlEncode(event.data.text)+'</pre>')
        $("#web_chat").append('<br>')
    })

Links

• JavaScript API
• CometQL API
• Online demo
• CppComet