PHP的socket.io与symfony

Question

I have a symfony project where I want to use websockets. This is actually a project to provide mobile application with apis. From mobile(IOS,Android) there must be request with post data to server(for example /mobile/ => goes to symfony ClientController -> indexAction) where I need to run the socket, open channel and send message, and on mobile application will also used socket.io to detect messages from socket channel.

Is there a way to use socket.io in symfony?

I have installed Ratchet it seams working ok, but in all examples I found connection and message sending was done with client side, with JS,

var conn = new WebSocket('ws://localhost:8080');
conn.onopen = function(e) {
    console.log("Connection established!");
};

conn.onmessage = function(e) {
    console.log(e.data);
};

I don't need client side, It is planning that server will run the socket, open new channel and send message through it. Something like it is done with nodeJS and socket.io (using - broadcast, emit, on, functions)

Answer 1

The best tool for the job seems to be this bundle: https://github.com/GeniusesOfSymfony/WebSocketBundle . You probably need a PHP Websocket server that you start and configure with the above bundle.

If I understood correctly, the mobile applications (iOS, Android) will be the clients.