CakePHP Ajax Chat Demo (v1.2) Question/Comments

Notes

- Version 1.2 fixes compatibility with CakePHP 1.2.

- Version 1.1 adds the message to the chat window immediately using javascript.

ReadMe

You'll need a working version of CakePHP installed. This is running on 1.2.0.6311 beta.
Download Prototype and put it in /app/webroot/js/
Download and unzip the contents to app/plugins. The plugin is called "chat", so make sure there is no conflict with any other controllers/plugins

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 '',
  `handle` varchar(20) NOT NULL default '',
  `text` text NOT NULL,
  `ip_address` varchar(12) NOT NULL default '',
  `created` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  PRIMARY KEY  (`id`),
  KEY `KEY_IDX` (`key`)
);

Include the helper in your controller

var $helpers = array('Ajax', 'chat/AjaxChat');

Include Prototype in your view if you don't already include it in your layout.
```
echo $javascript->link('prototype');
```
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');
```