todstoychev/sse

Server sent events library.

sse

SSE is a Laravel wrapper for PHP Library LibSSE for implementing asynchronous Server Sent Events and pass them on to views., _(*1)

Laravel Supported versions

Laravel: 5.1, _(*2)

Stability

Stable, _(*3)

Installing SSE

Use composer to download latest package to laravel installation, _(*4)

    composer require manfal/sse

or manually add package in require array of composer.json, _(*5)

    "manfal/sse": "dev-master"

and run, _(*6)

    composer update

place following service provider in config/app.php folder under providers array., _(*7)

    'manfal\sse\SSEServiceProvider'

place following facades in config/app.php folder under aliases array., _(*8)

    'SSE' => 'manfal\sse\SSEFacade',
    'SSEEvent' => 'manfal\sse\SSEEventFacade'

Usage

1. Create a new view in resources/views directory, name it ssedemo.blade.php and place following HTML and JS snippet.

    <span id="time"></span>
    <script>
    var source = new EventSource('{!!url("/ssedemo")!!}');
    var d = document.getElementById('time');
    source.addEventListener('time',function(e){
        var time = e.data;
        d.innerHTML = time;
    },false);
    </script>

1. Create a new controller via artisan CLI

$>  php artisan make:controller SSEDemoController

1. Place following code in SSEDemoController

    <?php
        namespace App\Http\Controllers;

        use Illuminate\Http\Request;

        use App\Http\Requests;
        use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
        use SSEEvent;
        use SSE;

        class TimeEvent extends SSEEvent {
            public function update(){
                return date('l, F jS, Y, h:i:s A');
            }
        }

        class SSEDemoController extends Controller
        {
            /**
             * Display a listing of the resource.
             *
             * @return Response
             */
            public function index()
            {
                return view('ssedemo');
            }

            public function sseCheck() {
                    $sse = new SSE();
                    $sse->exec_limit=10;
                    $sse->addEventListener('time',new TimeEvent());
                    $sse->start();
            }
        }

1. Create a new route in app/Http/routes.php

    Route::get('/ssedemo', 'SSEDemoController@sseCheck');

1. Refresh your browser.