The Bakery Everything CakePHP

A .zip of the plugin is available at http://sandbox.siteamonth.com/demo/chat

1. Download Prototype (http://www.prototypejs.org/) and put it in /app/webroot/js/

2. Download and unzip the plugin to app/plugins. The plugin is called "chat", so make sure there is no conflict with any other controllers/plugins

3. Run this sql to create the chats table.
Download code CREATE TABLE  `chats` (
        `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
        `key` varchar(45) NOT NULL default '',
        `handle` varchar(20) NOT NULL default '',
        `text` text NOT NULL,
        `ip_address` varchar(12) NOT NULL default '',
        `created` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
        PRIMARY KEY  (`id`),
        KEY `KEY_IDX` (`key`)
      );


4. Include the helper in your controller
Download code var $helpers = array('Ajax', 'chat/AjaxChat');


5. Include Prototype in your view if you don't already include it in your layout.
Download code echo $javascript->link('prototype');


6. 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.
Download code echo $ajaxChat->generate('chat1');