Laravel - SocketIO

Begin by installing this package through Composer. Run the following from the terminal:
composer require mbozwood/socketio

Next, add your new provider to the providers array of config/app.php:

'providers' => [
    // ...
    MBozwood\SocketIO\SocketServiceProvider::class,
    // ...
  ],

Finally, add a the alias to the aliases array of config/app.php:

'aliases' => [
    // ...
    'Socket' => MBozwood\SocketIO\SocketFacade::class,
    // ...
  ],

To emit a socket event, ensure your node server is running on the port and it is correctly specified in your ENV file as SOCKET_URL
An example of emitting an event:

Socket::emit('foo', []);

To explain, foo is the event name, and the array is the data element.

Socket::emit('foo', [
    'message'  => 'bar',
]);

and in the node server file:

io.on('connection', function (socket) {
  
  socket.on('foo', function(data) {
    console.log(data.message);
  });
  // bar is output
  
});