Implement Presence Channels in Laravel 11 Using Laravel Reverb & Laravel Echo
Presence channels allow you to track which users are online in real-time. This is useful for chat apps, user activity tracking, and more.
Presence channels allow you to track which users are online in real-time. This is useful for chat apps, user activity tracking, and more.
By default, Laravel Reverb allows public and private channels. To secure WebSockets, we need authenticated private channels.
Since Laravel Reverb is Laravel 11’s built-in WebSocket server, we’ll set it up with Laravel Echo to enable real-time notifications.