Laravel + WebSocket (Ratchet/ReactPHP) integration

routes.php

<?php

// add this to web routes

Route::get('/websocket/open', 'WebSocketController@onOpen');
Route::get('/websocket/message', 'WebSocketController@onMessage');
Route::get('/websocket/close', 'WebSocketController@onClose');
Route::get('/websocket/error', 'WebSocketController@onError');

WebSocketController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cookie;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Session;
use Ratchet\WebSocket\Version\RFC6455\Connection;

class WebSocketController
{
    /**
     * @var Connection
     */
    protected $connection = null;

    /**
     * @var array|mixed
     */
    protected $data = [];

    /**
     * @var Connection
     */
    protected $currentClient = null;

    /**
     * @var Connection[]
     */
    protected $otherClients = [];

    public function __construct(Request $request)
    {
        $this->connection = $request->get('connection');
        $this->data = $request->get('data');
        $this->currentClient = $request->get('current_client');
        $this->otherClients = $request->get('other_clients');
    }

    public function sendToOthers(array $data) {
        foreach ($this->otherClients as $client) {
            $client->send(json_encode($data));
        }
    }

    public function onOpen(Request $request)
    {
        if (!Auth::check()) {
            $this->currentClient->close();
            return;
        }

        echo 'Opened' . PHP_EOL;
        echo $request->ip() . PHP_EOL;

        $this->sendToOthers([
            'type' => 'USER_CONNECTED',
        ]);
    }

    public function onMessage(Request $request)
    {
        if (!Auth::check()) {
            $this->currentClient->close();
            return;
        }

        echo 'New message' . PHP_EOL;
        echo $request->ip() . PHP_EOL;

        $this->sendToOthers([
            'type' => 'MESSAGE_RECEIVED',
            'data' => [
                'user' => Auth::user()->name,
                'message' => $this->data->message,
            ]
        ]);
    }

    public function onClose(Request $request)
    {
        echo 'Closed' . PHP_EOL;
        echo $request->ip() . PHP_EOL;

        $this->sendToOthers([
            'type' => 'USER_DISCONNECTED',
        ]);
    }

    public function onError(Request $request)
    {
        echo 'Error' . PHP_EOL;
    }
}

wsserver.php

<?php

// in Laravel project root create also wsserver.php
// use 'php wsserver' to launch Web Socket server

// Make sure composer dependencies have been installed
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use App\User;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Session;
use Ratchet\MessageComponentInterface;
use Ratchet\ConnectionInterface;

/**
 * chat.php
 * Send any incoming messages to all connected clients (except sender)
 */
class WebSocketLaravelServer implements MessageComponentInterface
{
    protected $clients;

    public function __construct() {
        echo 'Creating app...' . PHP_EOL;
        $this->clients = new \SplObjectStorage;

    }

    protected function handleLaravelRequest(ConnectionInterface $con, $route, $data = null)
    {
        /**
         * @var \Ratchet\WebSocket\Version\RFC6455\Connection $con
         * @var \Guzzle\Http\Message\Request $wsrequest
         * @var \Illuminate\Http\Response $response
         */
        $params = [
            'connection' => $con,
            'other_clients' => [],
        ];
        if ($data !== null) {
            if (is_string($data)) {
                $params = ['data' => json_decode($data)];
            } else {
                $params = ['data' => $data];
            }
        }

        foreach ($this->clients as $client) {
            if ($con != $client) {
                $params['other_clients'][] = $client;
            } else {
                $params['current_client'] = $client;
            }
        }

        $wsrequest = $con->WebSocket->request;

        $app = require __DIR__.'/bootstrap/app.php';
        $kernel = $app->make(Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel::class);

        $response = $kernel->handle(
            $request = Illuminate\Http\Request::create($route, 'GET', $params, $wsrequest->getCookies())
        );

        //var_dump(Auth::id());

        $controllerResult = $response->getContent();

        $kernel->terminate($request, $response);

        return json_encode($controllerResult);
    }

    public function onOpen(ConnectionInterface $con)
    {
        $this->clients->attach($con);
        $this->handleLaravelRequest($con, '/websocket/open');
    }

    public function onMessage(ConnectionInterface $con, $msg)
    {
        $this->handleLaravelRequest($con, '/websocket/message', $msg);
    }

    public function onClose(ConnectionInterface $con)
    {
        $this->handleLaravelRequest($con, '/websocket/close');
        $this->clients->detach($con);
    }

    public function onError(ConnectionInterface $con, \Exception $e)
    {
        $this->handleLaravelRequest($con, '/websocket/error');

        echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage() . PHP_EOL;
        $con->close();
    }
}

// Run the server application through the WebSocket protocol on port 8080
$app = new Ratchet\App('localhost', 8080);
$app->route('/echo', new WebSocketLaravelServer);
$app->run();

This kind of code didn't work for me immediately. BUT!
There are few changes to make it working with Bearer token.
Change handleLaravelRequest() method to:

`$params = [
'connection' => $con,
'other_clients' => [],
];
if ($data !== null) {
if (is_string($data)) {
$params = ['data' => json_decode($data)];
} else {
$params = ['data' => $data];
}
}

    foreach ($this->clients as $client) {
        if ($con != $client) {
            $params['other_clients'][] = $client;
        } else {
            $params['current_client'] = $client;
        }
    }

	$wsrequest = $con->httpRequest;
	$cookies = $wsrequest->getHeader("Cookie");
	$cookies = \GuzzleHttp\Psr7\parse_header($cookies)[0];

    $app = App::getInstance();
    $kernel = $app->make(\Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel::class);
    $request = \Illuminate\Http\Request::create($route, 'GET', $params, $cookies);
    $request->headers->set('Authorization', 'Bearer '.$cookies['X-Authorization'],);
    $response = $kernel->handle(
        $request
    );

    $response->getContent();
    $controllerResult = $response->getContent();

    // var_dump($controllerResult);

    $kernel->terminate($request, $response);

    return json_encode($controllerResult);`

X-Authorization Cookie on the client side must contain actual Bearer token given by Laravel during auth.
Without this line $request->headers->set('Authorization', 'Bearer '.$cookies['X-Authorization'],); it's unable to make working 'auth:api' middleware properly. If header "Authorization" isn't present, you'll continiously get "Unauthorized". You'll even have no ability to use Auth::user()->id inside controller, because you'll get "Unauthorized message" before.

I've used this code and added few changes, but whatever I do, code

$response = $kernel->handle( $request );

is causing memory leak.

I've used this code and added few changes, but whatever I do, code

$response = $kernel->handle( $request );

is causing memory leak.

Yes, it causes memory leak.
Does anyone has solution?

I've used this code and added few changes, but whatever I do, code
$response = $kernel->handle( $request );
is causing memory leak.

Yes, it causes memory leak.
Does anyone has solution?

Maybe this code will help you

<?php
use \League\OAuth2\Server\ResourceServer;
use \Laravel\Passport\TokenRepository;
use \Laravel\Passport\Guards\TokenGuard;
use \Laravel\Passport\ClientRepository;
use \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use \Illuminate\Http\Request;

class UserGetter 
{
    public static function getUser($bearerToken) 
    {
        $tokenguard = new TokenGuard(
            \App::make(ResourceServer::class), 
            \Auth::createUserProvider('users'), 
            \App::make(TokenRepository::class), 
            \App::make(ClientRepository::class), 
            \App::make('encrypter')
        );
        $request = Request::create('/');
        $request->headers->set('Authorization', $bearerToken);
        
        return $tokenguard->user($request);
    }
}

Also you have to use garbage collector like:
gc_collect_cycles();
after all because it still takes a lot of memory