Welcome to PHP Realtime Chat App MVC Model by TanHongIT

Create a Chat Application using PHP MVC model with MySQL & JavaScript.

This source structure is cloned from project: yl-mvc-structure

1. Configuration requirements

- Version PHP 7.2 and above
- OpenSSL PHP Extension

2. Technology

• Pure PHP language
• Using MVC model
• Javascript

3. Setup assets folder

This Project is using webpack in order to compile Javascript modules and compile Sass/SCSS files to css. Run the following commands in the project's asset directory:

Run:

cd public/frontend/assets
npm install
npm run build

4. Download Database

This is the path to the database file for you to download: /database/***.sql

Create a new database on PHPMyAdmin at your server (or any other database connection tool), then import the .sql file that you just downloaded.

5. Edit Connect Database

You need to change the connection information to the database after you have cloned my repository so that the website can work.

Path: /config/database.php

This is the path to the database file for you to download: /database/***.sql

define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_USER', 'root');
define('DB_PASS', 'root');
define('DB_NAME', 'chatapp-php');

And then run to import database

 mysql -u root -p chatapp-php < YOUR-PATH/PHP_Realtime_Chat_App/database/chatapp-php.sql 

Please change YOUR-PATH to your project's path.

6. Install and using ssl certificate

Using mkcert to create ssl certificate

For Ubuntu

sudo apt install libnss3-tools

sudo wget https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert/releases/download/v1.4.3/mkcert-v1.4.3-linux-amd64 && \
sudo mv mkcert-v1.4.3-linux-amd64 mkcert && \
sudo chmod +x mkcert && \
sudo cp mkcert /usr/local/bin/

Now that the mkcert utility is installed, run the command below to generate and install your local CA:

mkcert -install

Create ssl certificate for this project

Run:

cd /var/www/certs
mkcert local.php_realtime_chat_app.com

And then change local.PHP_Realtime_Chat_App.com.conf file (/apache2/sites-available/ to this)

<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerAdmin localserver@localhost
	ServerName local.PHP_Realtime_Chat_App.com
	ServerAlias www.PHP_Realtime_Chat_App.vdx.com
	DocumentRoot /var/www/PHP_Realtime_Chat_App
	ErrorLog /var/www/logs/error-PHP_Realtime_Chat_App.log
    CustomLog /var/www/logs/access-PHP_Realtime_Chat_App.log combined
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerAdmin localserver@localhost
    ServerName local.PHP_Realtime_Chat_App.com
    ServerAlias www.local.PHP_Realtime_Chat_App.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/PHP_Realtime_Chat_App

    ErrorLog /var/www/logs/error-PHP_Realtime_Chat_App.log
    CustomLog /var/www/logs/access-PHP_Realtime_Chat_App.log combined

    SSLEngine on
	SSLCertificateFile /var/www/certs/local.PHP_Realtime_Chat_App.com.pem
	SSLCertificateKeyFile /var/www/certs/local.PHP_Realtime_Chat_App.com-key.pem

    <Directory /var/www/PHP_Realtime_Chat_App>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

7. Demo

Demo account:

Email: [email protected]
Pass: 123456