PHP code example of ably / ably-php

    
        
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

/* Start to develop here. Best regards https://php-download.com/ */

    

ably / ably-php example snippets

$client = new Ably\AblyRest('your.appkey:xxxxxx');
$channel = $client->channel('test');

$channel->publish('myEvent', 'Hello!'); // => true

$messagesPage = $channel->history(); // => \Ably\Models\PaginatedResult
$messagesPage->items[0]; // => \Ably\Models\Message
$messagesPage->items[0]->data; // payload for the message
$messagesPage->next(); // retrieves the next page => \Ably\Models\PaginatedResult
$messagesPage->hasNext(); // false, there are no more pages

$membersPage = $channel->presence->get(); // => \Ably\Models\PaginatedResult
$membersPage->items[0]; // first member present in this page => \Ably\Models\PresenceMessage
$membersPage->items[0]->clientId; // client ID of first member present
$membersPage->next(); // retrieves the next page => \Ably\Models\PaginatedResult
$membersPage->hasNext(); // false, there are no more pages

$presencePage = $channel->presence->history(); // => \Ably\Models\PaginatedResult
$presencePage->items[0]; // => \Ably\Models\PresenceMessage
$presencePage->items[0]->clientId; // client ID of first member
$presencePage->next(); // retrieves the next page => \Ably\Models\PaginatedResult

$channelStatus = $channel->status(); // => \Ably\Models\Status\ChannelDetails
var_dump($channelStatus); 

$tokenDetails = $client->auth->requestToken();
// => \Ably\Models\PresenceMessage
$tokenDetails->token; // => "xVLyHw.CLchevH3hF....MDh9ZC_Q"

$client = new Ably\AblyRest( $tokenDetails->token );
// or
$client = new Ably\AblyRest( array( 'tokenDetails' => $tokenDetails ) );

$token = $client->auth->createTokenRequest();
// => {"id" => ...,
//     "clientId" => null,
//     "ttl" => 3600,
//     "timestamp" => ...,
//     "capability" => "{\"*\":[\"*\"]}",
//     "nonce" => ...,
//     "mac" => ...}

$statsPage = client->stats(); // => \Ably\Models\PaginatedResult
$statsPage->items[0]; // => \Ably\Models\Stats
$statsPage->next(); // retrieves the next page => \Ably\Models\PaginatedResult

$client->time(); // in milliseconds => 1430313364993

    // batch publish needs php array to be passed and serialization is handled based on useBinaryProtocol
    $payload = array(
        "channels" => ["channel1", "channel2", "channel3", "channel4"],
        "messages" => array(
            "id" => "1",
            "data" => "foo"
        )
    ); 
    $batchPublishPaginatedResult = $client->request("POST", "/messages", [], $payload);