Welcome to this repository for a simple chat application with real-time messaging capabilities. This is a college project built with PHP, the CodeIgniter 3 framework, a MySQL database, and Bootstrap 3. The application allows users to send and receive messages in real time, making it a useful tool for building chat functionality into a web application.

• Register and login for users
• Create group chat
• Personal chat
• Group chat
• Real-time messaging
• And many more

• PHP: a popular server-side scripting language
• CodeIgniter 3: a lightweight PHP framework
• MySQL: a popular open-source relational database management system
• Bootstrap 3: a front-end framework for designing responsive and mobile-first websites

To use this repository, you will need a local development environment set up with PHP and a MySQL database. You should also be familiar with basic web development concepts and technologies, such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

1. Clone or download the repository to your local development environment.
2. Set up the database by importing the provided chat_app.sql file.
3. Configure the database connection settings in the database.php file.
4. Explore the various features of the application, including creating and participating in real-time chats.

username: [email protected] password: 123

We hope you find this repository useful as you develop your own chat application or a similar project!