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/*

• CakePHP Ajax Chat Plugin (using jQuery);
• Copyright (c) 2008 Matt Curry
• www.PseudoCoder.com
• http://github.com/mcurry/cakephp/tree/master/plugins/chat
• http://sandbox2.pseudocoder.com/demo/chat
• @author Matt Curry [email protected]
• @license MIT

*/

/* Description */ A basic Ajax chat plugin for CakePHP using jQuery

/* Instructions */

1. You'll need a working version of CakePHP installed. This is running on 1.2.0.7692 RC3.

2. Download jQuery and put it in /app/webroot/js/

3. Put chat plugin into app/plugins/chat. The plugin is called "chat", so make sure there is no conflict with any other controllers or plugins

4. 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 '', name varchar(20) NOT NULL default '', message text NOT NULL, ip_address varchar(15) NOT NULL default '', created datetime default NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id), KEY KEY_IDX (key) );

5. Include the plugin helper in your controller: var $helpers = array('chat.ajaxChat');

   Or just in a particular action: $this->helpers[] = 'chat.ajaxChat';

6. Include jQuery in your view if you don't already include it in your layout. echo $javascript->link('jquery', false);

7. Include the chat js and css in your view. $javascript->link(array('jquery/jquery', '/chat/js/chat.js'), false); $html->css('/chat/css/chat.css', null, null, false);

8. 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');