SentixTech WebSocket Package for Laravel

Overview

A powerful, flexible WebSocket implementation for Laravel applications, enabling real-time communication across various use cases.

Features

• Dynamic channel creation
• Flexible subscription management
• Generic event broadcasting
• User-specific and global messaging
• Comprehensive error handling
• Detailed logging

Installation

Composer Installation

composer require sentixtech/websocket

Publish Configuration

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="SentixTech\WebSocket\WebSocketServiceProvider"

Configure WebSocket Server

Edit config/websocket.php:

return [
    'host' => env('WEBSOCKET_HOST', 'localhost'),
    'port' => env('WEBSOCKET_PORT', 8080),
    'max_clients' => env('WEBSOCKET_MAX_CLIENTS', 1000),
    'max_frame_size' => env('WEBSOCKET_MAX_FRAME_SIZE', 1024 * 1024), // 1MB
];

Start WebSocket Server

php artisan websocket:serve

Usage Examples

Channel Management

// Create channels
WebSocket::createChannel('notifications');
WebSocket::createChannel('user_events');

Subscription

// Subscribe a client to a channel
WebSocket::subscribe($socketResource, 'notifications', $userId);

// Unsubscribe from a channel
WebSocket::unsubscribe($socketResource, 'notifications', $userId);

Broadcasting

// Broadcast to all channel subscribers
WebSocket::broadcast('notifications', [
    'type' => 'alert',
    'message' => 'System maintenance in 10 minutes'
]);

// Broadcast to specific users
WebSocket::broadcast('notifications', $message, [
    'users' => [1, 2, 3] // Only send to these user IDs
]);

Event Emission

// Emit a generic event
WebSocket::emit('user_login', [
    'user_id' => 123,
    'timestamp' => now()
]);

Channel Monitoring

// Get number of channel subscribers
$subscriberCount = WebSocket::subscribers('notifications');

Advanced Usage

Real-time Notifications

// Send a notification to specific users
WebSocket::broadcast('notifications', [
    'title' => 'New Message',
    'content' => 'You have a new message from John',
    'user_ids' => [5, 10] // Only notify these users
]);

Chat System Integration

// Send a chat message
WebSocket::broadcast('chat_room_1', [
    'sender_id' => Auth::id(),
    'message' => $messageContent
]);

Security

• Supports user-specific channel subscriptions
• Flexible access control
• Comprehensive error logging

Performance

• Non-blocking socket implementation
• Configurable max clients and frame size
• Efficient channel and user management

Error Handling

All methods return boolean or integer status:

• createChannel(): Returns true/false
• subscribe(): Returns true/false
• broadcast(): Returns number of successful broadcasts
• emit(): Returns number of successful event emissions

Troubleshooting

• Check storage/logs/laravel.log for WebSocket errors
• Ensure WebSocket server is running
• Verify configuration in config/websocket.php

Requirements

• PHP 7.4+
• Laravel 8.0+
• Sockets extension

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please submit pull requests to the repository.

License

MIT License

Support

For issues and support, please open a GitHub issue in the repository.