In this example, we will see how to connect the Firebase Realtime Database with Laravel. We will add the data to the Firebase service. Firebase was established in 2012 as a real-time architecture for synchronizing data between apps. Google took it in 2014. It was a part of a real-time chat integration API. Firebase can be used with any backend language.

Let’s see the prerequisites of this tutorial.

Prerequisites :

1. Laravel 5.4+
2. PHP 7.1
3. Google Firebase Real-time Database
4. Web server (Apache, NGINX, or integrated PHP web server for testing).

Steps to use Laravel with Firebase

1. Install Laravel.
2. Install the Firebase dependency package.
3. Configure Firebase.
4. Generate API keys.
5. Create a Laravel controller and route.

Step 1: Install Laravel Project

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel laravelfirebase

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