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kamelz/larachat
===============

Embed chat system into your laravel application.

v0.1.4(7y ago)022MITPHPPHP >=7.0

Since Sep 9Pushed 7y agoCompare

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laravel messaging system
========================

[](#laravel-messaging-system)

- [Installation](#installation)
- [Usage](#usage)

    - [Send message](#send-message)
    - [Mark message](#mark-message)
    - [Get user messages](#get-user-messages)
- [Unit Testing](#unit-testing)
- [TODO](#todo)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install the package via composer:

```
composer require kamelz/larachat
```

If you are using a laravel version older than 5.5 then add the service provider in `config/app.php`.

```
'providers' => [
    // ...
    Kamelz\Larachat\LarachatServiceProvider::class,
];
```

Publish migration files with:

```
php artisan vendor:publish
```

After that run the migration command:

```
php artisan migrate
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Send message

[](#send-message)

You may pass a user model or the user ID in the $from and $to parameters.

```
$from; 		// User model or Integer
$to; 		// User model or Integer
$message; 	// String message

Message::send($from,$to,$message);
```

### Mark message

[](#mark-message)

```
$message; // Message model

$message->is_read; // 0

Message::markAsRead($message);

$message->is_read; // 1
```

You can also mark it as unread.

```
$message; // Message model

$message->is_read; // 1

Message::markAsUnread($message);

$message->is_read; // 0
```

### Get user messages

[](#get-user-messages)

```
$user; // User model or Integer

Message::getUserMessages($user);

Returns an `Eloquent\Collection` of `Message` model.
```

You can get read/unread messages

```
$user; // User model or Integer

Message::getUnreadMessages($user);
Message::getRadMessages($user);
```

Unit Testing
------------

[](#unit-testing)

```
vendor/phpunit/phpunit/phpunit
```

TODO
----

[](#todo)

```
- Blade component
- Send email

```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

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

Every ~0 days

Total

5

Last Release

2852d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11031420?v=4)[Mohamed Abdallah](/maintainers/kamelz)[@kamelz](https://github.com/kamelz)

---

Top Contributors

[![mokamelz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/134586347?v=4)](https://github.com/mokamelz "mokamelz (34 commits)")

---

Tags

phplaravelchat

###  Code Quality

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