Laravel AnyCable Demo

This is a minimal Laravel application that demonstrates how to use AnyCable as a broadcasting and Echo backend.

Prerequisites

You need PHP and Composer installed. Follow the official Laravel docs or just try the following command on MacOS:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://php.new/install/mac/8.4)"

Start the Project

Follow the steps below to install and run the project successfully:

1. Install all PHP dependencies

   composer install

2. Generate a key for your project

   php artisan key:generate

3. Install all JavaScript dependencies

   npm install

4. Run migrations

   php artisan migrate --migrate

5. Run all services (that would download and run AnyCable server as well)

   composer run dev

Go to localhost:8000/dashboard and log in using the following credentials:

user: [email protected]
pass: password

Try to submit a new status and see it updated in real-time in all open tabs.

Using with Reverb

You can also run this project with the default Laravel Reverb WebSocket server without any code changes. Just update your configuration as follows:

• Set BROADCAST_CONNECTION=reverb in the .env

• Replace php artisan anycable:server with php artisan reverb:start in the process list of the dev command in the composer.json file.

License

MIT.

Acknowledgements

Based on this demo: https://github.com/novuhq/laravel-reverb-app