I adapted a Javascript & AJAX tutorial off of sitepoint to work with CodeIgniter. It uses jQuery to the handiwork. It is a simple AJAX chat script, not the most advanced thing in the world. Hopefully it will get better in the future.
Here is it in action:
Download jQuery Chat
REQUIREMENTS
- You have Downloaded and Installed codeigniter.
- You may want to check for a new version of jQuery.The version of jQuery that is included is 1.2.1. You can find the current version of jQuery here.
- The root folder is where codeigniter is installed.
- You are using MySQL.
INSTRUCTIONS
- Open /system/application/config/autoload.php
Verify that you are autoloading the database library. You should see ‘database’ listed in the $autoload['libraries'] array. - Open /system/application/config/database.php
Verify that you have the correct information for your database. - Upload /system/application/controllers/chat.php
to the corresponding folder on your server. - Upload /system/application/views/chatty.php
to the corresponding folder on your server. - Upload /public/js/jquery.js
to the corresponding folder on your server. - Upload /public/images/blueloading.gif
to the corresponding folder on your server. - Run the sql.sql file on your server using a tool like phpMyAdmin.
- Open a web browser and goto http://yourdomain.com/chat or http://yourdomain.com/index.php/chat if you have not configured your htaccess file.
It’s off to a good start!
Thanks :)
Nice thinks . very cool
how would you config your htaccess?
not working for me… in firebug i see the chat is trying to GET "http://address/chat/backend/"
What's that backend thing? :S
It is the backend for the chat script. The data is in a XML format, but can be thought of as a web service. It displays the data from the database in a format that can be read by the frontend.
good tutorial, thanks
its not working for me.. when i submitt the button an error occured
404 Page Not Found
The page you requested was not found.
can you email me a link to where you have it installed or is it locally?
you can contact me here: http://loganlindquist.com/
i installed in a local server( localhost)
Hi sir,i tried to chat in my localhost codeigniter,all are properly done,if i run this program,after enter name and message if i click ok button,the project is loading long time
Hi sir,i tried to chat in my localhost codeigniter,all are properly done,if i run this program,after enter name and message if i click ok button,the project is loading long time and did not come any result
in the inline javascript, add something like <?php site_url(); ?> before the “chat/backend”, that should do the trick.