jQuery and CodeIgniter Chat

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.

Posted by llbbl on Nov 1, 2007 in Blog, Programming | 30 comments

http://bizwidgets.biz/blog/ Daniel Errante

It’s off to a good start!
- Masuk
  
  Thanks…
http://bizwidgets.biz/blog/ Daniel Errante

It’s off to a good start!
http://llbbl.com llbbl

Thanks :)
http://llbbl.com llbbl

Thanks :)
http://saidur.wordpress.com Saidur Rahman

Nice thinks . very cool
http://saidur.wordpress.com Saidur Rahman

Nice thinks . very cool
montana Flynn

how would you config your htaccess?
montana Flynn

how would you config your htaccess?
Theb

not working for me… in firebug i see the chat is trying to GET "http://address/chat/backend/"
What's that backend thing? :S
Theb

not working for me… in firebug i see the chat is trying to GET "http://address/chat/backend/"
What's that backend thing? :S
http://intensedebate.com/people/llbbl Logan Lindquist

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.
http://intensedebate.com/people/llbbl Logan Lindquist

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.
bowo

good tutorial, thanks
bowo

good tutorial, thanks
galtech

its not working for me.. when i submitt the button an error occured

404 Page Not Found

The page you requested was not found.
- http://intensedebate.com/profiles/llbbl llbbl
  
  can you email me a link to where you have it installed or is it locally?
  
  you can contact me here: http://loganlindquist.com/
  - galtech
    
    i installed in a local server( localhost)
galtech

its not working for me.. when i submitt the button an error occured

404 Page Not Found

The page you requested was not found.
- http://intensedebate.com/profiles/llbbl llbbl
  
  can you email me a link to where you have it installed or is it locally?
  
  you can contact me here: http://loganlindquist.com/
  - galtech
    
    i installed in a local server( localhost)
Mohammed yusuf

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
Mohammed yusuf

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
komSaid

in the inline javascript, add something like <?php site_url(); ?> before the “chat/backend”, that should do the trick.
p.

Well it’s alright. If you post something you get the data but you won’t get it without posting and that is kind of worthless, isn’t it?
Nick

Could you please update the download link to include the controller function “update” which is in your javascript…thanks
llbbl

The code is now on github if anyone else is looking for it. The post above is out of date. I’ll post an update later….

https://github.com/llbbl/codeigniter-chat
lckamal

I cant find the sql.sql file.
Wildanmuhlis

Great!!
thanks :D
http://www.webexplorar.com/ Sumith Harshan

Thanks for the post.
Here is a Gmail facebook like CodeIgniter chat example with full source code and demo.
http://webexplorar.com/codeigniter-chat-example/