Building a WebSockets server in PHP

Freek Van der Herten Partner & developer at SPATIE @freekmurze https://spatie.be https://ohdearapp.com https://fullstackeurope.com https://murze.be

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Let's talk 
 WebSockets

WebSockets A long-held single TCP socket connection Bi directional messages between client and super Crazy fast Used for real time interactions

WebSockets in PHP Ratchet Build upon ReactPHP Very powerful Some setup required

Broadcasting in Laravel Native support Driver based Laravel Echo Pusher / Laravel Echo Server

laravel-websockets Package created by Marcel Pociot and me WebSockets server built on top of Ratchet Takes care of channels and authentication Fully compatible with Laravel and Laravel Echo Pusher protocol

https://docs.beyondco.de/laravel-websockets

Does it scale?

Wrapping up

Resources https://docs.beyondco.de/laravel-websockets/
 
 https://murze.be/introducing-laravel-websockets-an-easy-to-use- websocket-server-implemented-in-php
 
 https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/broadcasting
 
 https://pusher.com/docs/pusher_protocol


Thank you! Freek Van der Herten Partner & developer at SPATIE https://spatie.be/open-source https://ohdearapp.com https://murze.be