Company
Date Published
Author
Benjamin Lofo
Word count
2291
Language
English
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None

Summary

The text discusses building a real-time application in PHP using WebSockets, Laravel, and Twilio Sync. It provides a step-by-step guide on how to integrate Twilio Sync with Laravel, including setting up the service container, creating a broadcaster, and broadcasting events to WebSocket connections. The process involves installing the Twilio SDK, enabling support for Laravel Broadcasting, binding Twilio Sync as a service container, and creating a custom broadcaster that uses Twilio Sync's API. The guide also covers setting up the broadcast driver in the environment file and implementing authentication and authorization mechanisms. Finally, it provides an example of how to listen to events from the front-end using Laravel Events and Twilio Sync SDK.