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erickz/laravel-messenger-lv4
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Simple user messaging tool for Laravel 4. A copy from Chris Gmyr.

1.0(9y ago)013MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Aug 8Pushed 9y agoCompare

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Laravel Messenger
=================

[](#laravel-messenger)

This package will allow you to add a full user messaging system into your Laravel application.

Leave some feedback
-------------------

[](#leave-some-feedback)

[How are you using laravel-messenger?](https://github.com/erickz/laravel-messenger-lv4/issues/55)

Features
--------

[](#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
-----------

[](#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 4.x)
--------------------------

[](#installation-laravel-4x)

In composer.json:

```
"require": {
    "erickz/messenger": "dev-master"
}

```

Run:

```
composer update

```

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

```
'providers' => [
    'Cmgmyr\Messenger\MessengerServiceProvider'
]

```

Add the trait to your user model:

```
use Cmgmyr\Messenger\Traits\Messagable;

class User extends Eloquent {
	use Messagable;
}

```

Create a `users` table if you do not have one already. If you need one, simply use [this example](https://github.com/cmgmyr/laravel-messenger/blob/v1/src/Cmgmyr/Messenger/examples/create_users_table.php) as a starting point, then migrate.

Migrate your database:

```
php artisan migrate --package=cmgmyr/messenger

```

Move and alter the config file (optional):

```
php artisan config:publish cmgmyr/messenger

```

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

- [Controller](https://github.com/cmgmyr/laravel-messenger/blob/v1/src/Cmgmyr/Messenger/examples/MessagesController.php)
- [Routes](https://github.com/cmgmyr/laravel-messenger/blob/v1/src/Cmgmyr/Messenger/examples/routes.php)
- [Views](https://github.com/cmgmyr/laravel-messenger/tree/v1/src/Cmgmyr/Messenger/examples/views)

Contributing?
-------------

[](#contributing)

Please format your code before creating a pull-request:

```
vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix --level psr2 .

```

### Special Thanks

[](#special-thanks)

This package used [AndreasHeiberg/laravel-messenger](https://github.com/AndreasHeiberg/laravel-messenger) as a starting point.

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3613d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8708483?v=4)[Erick Carvalho](/maintainers/erickz)[@erickz](https://github.com/erickz)

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Top Contributors

[![erickz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8708483?v=4)](https://github.com/erickz "erickz (1 commits)")

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Tags

laravelmessaginglaravel4Messengeruser messaging

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