PHP Luminova: Firebase Cloud Messaging Integration

Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) by Google is a cross-platform messaging solution that lets you reliably send messages and notifications to devices at no cost. This guide will walk you through setting up FCM to send push notifications.

The Luminova Notification class integrates with the Kreait\Firebase library and Firebase Admin SDK, enabling you to send Firebase Cloud Messaging messages to end-user devices. This can be achieved using individual device tokens, topic names, or conditional statements that match one or more topics.

To get started with the Notification module, you need to install the PHP kreait/firebase library. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal.

composer require "kreait/firebase-php:^7.0"

Additionally, you'll need to create your project in the Firebase Developers Console and obtain your application's Service Account.

Please note that your usage of Firebase is subject to the Terms of Service for Firebase Services.

Class Definition

• Class namespace: \Luminova\Notifications\Notification

Initializations

Instantiate a Notification object with the specified service account JSON file.

use Luminova\Notifications\Notification;

$notification = new Notification('my-service-account.json');

Retrieve a shared instance of the factory class using the specified service account JSON file.

use Luminova\Notifications\Notification;

$factory = Notification::getFactory('my-service-account.json');

Alias for creating a Notification instance from factory helper function.

$notification = factory('notification', 'my-service-account.json');

Get the factory instance directly from the factory helper function.

$factory = factory('notification')->getFactory('my-service-account.json');

// OR

// Alternate syntax to retrieve the factory instance
$factory = factory('notification', 'my-service-account.json')->getFactory();

To explore additional examples and usage scenarios for notifications, refer to the examples documentation.

Methods

constructor

Initializes the Firebase Cloud Messaging Notification class.

public __construct(\Kreait\Firebase\Factory|string|array $config = 'ServiceAccount.json'): mixed

Parameters:

Throws:

• Luminova\Exceptions\RuntimeException - If the Factory class is not found or the service account file is missing.

If you are using service account JSON file, you service account json file must be stored in /writeable/credentials/.

If you rename it, then you must specify the filename with extension in class constructor argument filename (e.g, my-service-account.json).

Configuration Guide

• Filename string - The service account file must be stored in /writeable/credentials/.
• Configuration array - The service account configuration array.
• Configuration string - The service account configuration JSON string.
• Instance Factory - The Factory instance initialized with the preferred service account.

getInstance

Initializes the Firebase Cloud Messaging Notification shared instance class.

public static getInstance(\Kreait\Firebase\Factory|string|array $config = 'ServiceAccount.json'): self

Parameters:

Return Value:

self - Returns new shared instance of the notification class.

Throws:

• Luminova\Exceptions\RuntimeException - If the Factory class is not found or the service account file is missing.

getFactory

Get a shared instance of the Kreait Firebase Factory class, or create new factory instance from service account.If getFactory is called statically without the Notification class initialized, it creates a factory instance from the provided service account file or configuration array.

public static getFactory(string|array $account = 'ServiceAccount.json'): \Kreait\Firebase\Factory|null

Parameters:

Return Value:

\Kreait\Firebase\Factory|null - Return a shared Factory instance.

Throws:

• Luminova\Exceptions\RuntimeException - If the Factory class is not found or the service account file is missing.

Configuration Guide

• Filename string - The service account file must be stored in /writeable/credentials/.
• Configuration array - The service account configuration array.
• Configuration string - The service account configuration JSON string.

send

To send a notification message to a specific device by token.

public send(\Luminova\Notifications\Models\Message|array<string,mixed> $config, bool $validateOnly = false): self

Parameters:

Return Value:

self - Return instance of luminova firebase notification class.

Throws:

• Luminova\Exceptions\ErrorException - If token is not valid or an error occurred while sending notification.

channel

To send a notification message to a specific topic name.

public channel(\Luminova\Notifications\Models\Message|array<string,mixed> $config, bool $validateOnly = false): self

Parameters:

Return Value:

self - Return instance of luminova firebase notification class.

Throws:

• Luminova\Exceptions\ErrorException - If topic is not valid or an error occurred while sending notification.

condition

To send conditional notification message, by specifying an expression the target topics, this allows you to send a message to a combination of topics by specifying a conditions like 'TopicA' in topics && ('TopicB' in topics || 'TopicC' in topics).

public condition(\Luminova\Notifications\Models\Message|array<string,mixed> $config, bool $validateOnly = false): self

Parameters:

Return Value:

self - Return instance of luminova firebase notification class.

Throws:

• Luminova\Exceptions\ErrorException - If the topic is not provided correctly.

broadcast

To send notifications to multiple devices by tokens.

public broadcast(\Luminova\Notifications\Models\Message|array<string,mixed> $config, bool $validateOnly = false): self

Parameters:

Return Value:

self - Return instance of luminova firebase notification class.

Throws:

• Luminova\Exceptions\ErrorException - If tokens are not provided or if an error occurs during message construction.

subscribe

To subscribe a single device token to a specific topic.

public subscribe(string $token, string $topic): self

Parameters:

Return Value:

self - Return instance of luminova firebase notification class.

subscribers

To subscribe multiple device tokens to list of topics.

public subscribers(array<int,string> $topics, array<int,string> $tokens): self

Parameters:

Return Value:

self - Return instance of luminova firebase notification class.

unsubscribe

To unsubscribe device token from a specific topic.

public unsubscribe(string $token, string $topic): self

Parameters:

Return Value:

self - Return instance of luminova firebase notification class.

unsubscribers

To unsubscribe multiple device tokens from list topics.

public unsubscribers(array<int,string> $topics, array<int,string> $tokens): self

Parameters:

Return Value:

self - Return instance of luminova firebase notification class.

desubscribe

To unsubscribe list of device token from all topics.

public desubscribe(array<int,string> $tokens): self

Parameters:

Return Value:

self - Return instance of luminova firebase notification class.

isDone

Determine if notification or topic management method task was completed successfully.

public isDone(): bool

Return Value:

bool - Return true if successful, false otherwise.

getReport

To retrieve response report from firebase Kreait notification or topic management method call.

public getReport(): \Kreait\Firebase\Messaging\MulticastSendReport|array

Return Value:

\Kreait\Firebase\Messaging\MulticastSendReport|array - The response from Firebase Cloud Messaging.