CakePHP Ajax Chat Demo (Uses jQuery) Question/Comments

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1. You'll need a working version of CakePHP installed. This is running on 1.2.6.
2. Download jQuery and put it in /app/webroot/js/
3. Put the chat plugin into app/plugins/chat. The plugin is called "chat", so make sure there is no conflict with any other controllers or plugins.
4. Run this sql to create the chats table.

   CREATE TABLE  `chats` (
     `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
     `key` varchar(45) NOT NULL default '',
     `name` varchar(20) NOT NULL default '',
     `message` text NOT NULL,
     `ip_address` varchar(15) NOT NULL default '',
     `created` datetime default NULL,
     PRIMARY KEY  (`id`),
     KEY `KEY_IDX` (`key`)
   );

5. Include the plugin helper in your controller:

   var $helpers = array('chat.ajaxChat');

   Or just in a particular action:

   $this->helpers[] = 'chat.ajaxChat';

6. Include jQuery in your view if you don't already include it in your layout.

   echo $javascript->link('jquery', false);

7. Include the chat js and css in your view.

           $javascript->link(array('jquery/jquery', '/chat/js/chat.js'), false);
           $html->css('/chat/css/chat.css', null, null, false);
         

8. Then just add the chat to your view. You can have multiple chats on your site by changing the chat key - "chat1" in this example.

   echo $ajaxChat->generate('chat1');