Presence API for PHP SDK

Presence enables you to track the online and offline status of users and devices in real time and store custom state information. Presence provides authoritative information on:

• When a user has joined or left a channel
• Who, and how many, users are subscribed to a particular channel
• Which channel(s) an individual user is subscribed to
• Associated state information for these users

Learn more about our Presence feature here.

Here Now

Requires Presence

This method requires that the Presence add-on is enabled for your key in the Admin Portal.

You can obtain information about the current state of a channel including a list of unique user-ids currently subscribed to the channel and the total occupancy count of the channel by calling the hereNow() function in your application.

Cache

This method has a 3 second response cache time.

Method(s)

To call Here Now you can use the following method(s) in the PHP SDK:

$pubnub->hereNow()
    ->channels(string|array)
    ->channelGroups(string|array)
    ->includeState(boolean)
    ->includeUuids(boolean)
    ->sync();

* required

Parameter	Description
channels Type: String|Array Default: n/a	The channels to get the here now details.
channelGroups Type: String|Array Default: n/a	The channel groups to get the here now details.
includeState Type: Boolean Default: false	If true, the response will include the presence states of the users for channels/channelGroups.
includeUuids Type: Boolean Default: true	If true, the response will include the UUIDs of the connected clients.

Basic Usage

Get a list of UUIDs subscribed to channel

Reference code

This example is a self-contained code snippet ready to be run. It includes necessary imports and executes methods with console logging. Use it as a reference when working with other examples in this document.

<?php

// Include Composer autoloader (adjust path if needed)
require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

use PubNub\PNConfiguration;
use PubNub\PubNub;
use PubNub\Exceptions\PubNubServerException;
use PubNub\Exceptions\PubNubException;

// Create configuration with demo keys
$pnConfig = new PNConfiguration();
$pnConfig->setSubscribeKey("demo");
$pnConfig->setPublishKey("demo");
$pnConfig->setUserId("php-presence-demo-user");

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Response

The hereNow() operation returns a PNHereNowResult which contains the following fields:

Method	Description
getTotalChannels() Type: Integer	Total Channels.
getTotalOccupancy() Type: Integer	Total Occupancy.
getChannels() Type: Array	A array with values of PNHereNowChannelData for each channel. See PNHereNowChannelData for more details.

PNHereNowChannelData

Method	Description
getChannelName() Type: String	Channel name.
getOccupancy() Type: Integer	Occupancy of the channel.
getOccupants() Type: Array	A array of PNHereNowOccupantData, see PNHereNowOccupantData for more details.

PNHereNowOccupantData

Method	Description
getUuid() Type: String	UUID of the user.
getState() Type: Array	State of the user.

Other Examples

Returning State

Requires Presence

This method requires that the Presence add-on is enabled for your key in the Admin Portal.

$result = $pubnub->hereNow()
                ->channels("my_channel")
                ->includeUuids(true)
                ->includeState(true)
                ->sync();

Example Response

PubNub\Models\Consumer\Presence\PNHereNowResult Object(
    [totalChannels:protected] => 2
    [totalOccupancy:protected] => 3
    [channels:protected] => Array(
        [0] => PubNub\Models\Consumer\Presence\PNHereNowChannelData Object(
            [channelName:protected] => ch1
            [occupancy:protected] => 1
            [occupants:protected] => Array(
                [0] => PubNub\Models\Consumer\Presence\PNHereNowOccupantsData Object(
                    [uuid:protected] => user1
                    [state:protected] =>
                )
            )
        )
        [1] => PubNub\Models\Consumer\Presence\PNHereNowChannelData Object(

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Return Occupancy Only

Requires Presence

This method requires that the Presence add-on is enabled for your key in the Admin Portal.

You can return only the occupancy information for a single channel by specifying the channel and setting UUIDs to false:

$result = $pubnub->hereNow()
                ->channels("my_channel")
                ->includeUuids(false)
                ->includeState(false)
                ->sync();

Example Response

PubNub\Models\Consumer\Presence\PNHereNowResult Object(
    [totalChannels:protected] => 2
    [totalOccupancy:protected] => 3
    [channels:protected] => Array(
        [0] => PubNub\Models\Consumer\Presence\PNHereNowChannelData Object(
            [channelName:protected] => ch1
            [occupancy:protected] => 1
            [occupants:protected] => Array(
                [0] => PubNub\Models\Consumer\Presence\PNHereNowOccupantsData Object(
                    [uuid:protected] => user1
                    [state:protected] =>
                )
            )
        )
        [1] => PubNub\Models\Consumer\Presence\PNHereNowChannelData Object(

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Here Now for Channel Groups

$pubnub->hereNow()
    ->channelGroups(["cg1", "cg2", "cg3"])
    ->includeUuids(true)
    ->includeState(true)
    ->sync();

Example Response

(
    [totalChannels:protected] => 1
    [totalOccupancy:protected] => 4
    [channels:protected] => Array(
        [0] => PubNub\Models\Consumer\Presence\PNHereNowChannelData Object(
            [channelName:protected] => ch1
            [occupancy:protected] => 1
            [occupants:protected] => Array(
                [0] => PubNub\Models\Consumer\Presence\PNHereNowOccupantsData Object(
                    [uuid:protected] => 123123234t234f34fq3dq
                    [state:protected] =>
                )
                [1] => PubNub\Models\Consumer\Presence\PNHereNowOccupantsData Object(
                    [uuid:protected] => 143r34f34t34fq34q34q3
                    [state:protected] =>

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Where Now

Requires Presence

This method requires that the Presence add-on is enabled for your key in the Admin Portal.

You can obtain information about the current list of channels to which a UUID is subscribed to by calling the whereNow() function in your application.

Timeout events

If the app is killed/crashes and restarted (or the page containing the PubNub instance is refreshed on the browser) within the heartbeat window no timeout event is generated.

Method(s)

To call whereNow() you can use the following method(s) in the PHP SDK:

$pubnub->whereNow()
    ->uuid(string)
    ->sync();

* required

Parameter	Description
uuid Type: String Default: n/a	Uuid of the user we want to spy on.

Basic Usage

You simply need to define the uuid and the callback function to be used to send the data to as in the example below.

Get a list of channels a UUID is subscribed to

$result = $pubnub->whereNow()
              ->sync();

Rest Response from Server

The whereNow() function returns a list of channels a uuid is subscribed to.

• channels:["String","String", ... ,"String"] - List of channels a uuid is subscribed to.

Example Response

{
    "channels": [
        "lobby",
        "game01",
        "chat"
    ]
}

Other Examples

$result = $pubnub->whereNow()
                ->uuid("his-uuid")
                ->sync();

User State

Requires Presence

This method requires that the Presence add-on is enabled for your key in the Admin Portal.

Clients can set a dynamic custom state (score, game state, location) for their users on one or more channels and store it on a channel as long as the user stays subscribed.

The state is not persisted, and when the client disconnects, the state data is lost. For more information, refer to Presence State.

Method(s)

Set State:

$pubnub->setState()
    ->channels(string|array)
    ->channelGroups(string|array)
    ->state(array)
    ->sync();

* required

Parameter	Description
channels Type: String|Array	channels to set state.
channelGroups Type: String|Array	channel groups to set state.
state Type: Array	State to set.

Get State:**

$pubnub->getState()
    ->channels(string|array)
    ->channelGroups(string|array)
    ->uuid(string)
    ->sync();

* required

Parameter	Description
channels Type: String|Array	channels to get state.
channelGroups Type: String|Array	channel groups to get state.
uuid Type: String	uuid

Basic Usage

Set State

$pubnub->setState()
    ->channels(["ch1", "ch2", "ch3"])
    ->state(["age" => 30])
    ->sync();

Get State

$pubnub->getState()
    ->channels(["ch1", "ch2", "ch3"])
    ->sync();

Response

The setState() operation returns a PNSetStateResult which contains the following fields:

Method	Description
setState() Type: Array	Array of UUIDs and the user states.

The getState() operation returns a PNGetStateResult which contains the following fields:

Method	Description
getChannels() Type: Array	Array of channels and the user states.

Other Examples

Set state for channels in a channel group

$pubnub->setState()
    ->channelGroups(["gr1", "gr2", "gr3"])
    ->state(["age" => 30])
    ->sync();