KChat is a free and open-source chat application written in PHP. It can be useful for adding chat functionality to your website or intranet. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install KChat on Windows 10.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following:
Open a terminal or command prompt and navigate to the directory where you want to store KChat. Then, run the following command to clone the KChat repository:
git clone https://github.com/php-kchat/kchat.git
This should create a new directory called kchat with the KChat source code inside it.
Navigate to the kchat directory and use Composer to install the dependencies:
cd kchat
composer install
This should download and install all of the required packages for KChat.
Create a new database and user for KChat in MySQL. Then, copy the .env.example file to a new file called .env:
cp .env.example .env
Edit the .env file and fill in the details for your MySQL database:
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=kchat
DB_USERNAME=kchat_user
DB_PASSWORD=your_password_here
Run the following command to create the required tables in the database:
php artisan migrate
This should create a few tables in the database, including users and messages.
Finally, run the following command to start the PHP development server:
php artisan serve
This should start the server on http://localhost:8000.
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000. You should see the KChat login page.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install KChat on Windows 10. We cloned the KChat repository, installed dependencies, configured the database, ran migrations, served the application, and accessed it in the web browser. KChat is now ready to use and customize to meet your specific needs.
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