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Creating a Real-time Chat App with Javascript, PHP, MySQL and Firebase
With the rise in the use of the internet, the need for real-time communication has officially evolved from SMS texts with friends and family to just about any online interaction with anyone.
That's why many companies (not just chat-based companies) are incorporating chat features into their apps.
In this series, I will be taking you step by step on how to build a chat feature into your new or existing app. The chat app will feature 3 screens for simplicity - the login screen, the chat-heads screen and the chat-details screen. Basic functions like image sharing and replying a chat message would be added.
This project will be hosted on GitHub where you would have access to the source code, once completed.
Enough of the intro! I know you're not ready for those stories, so let's dive into action:
Below is the file structure for the project:
- MyChatApp
- -- index.html
- -- index.js
- -- index.css
- -- img
- ---- avatar.png
- ---- sprite.png
- -- api
- ---- user_access.php
- ---- my_curl.php
- ---- database_files.php
- ---- chat
- ------ chat_read.php
- ------ chat_write.php
In this article, I have given you the necessary links to set up your development environment and have shown you the file structure for the project.
In the next article, I will show you how to create the database tables for our real-time chat app and how to create the scripts for performing CRUD operations on the database.
Thank you for reading my article ;)
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