Lightweight • Fast • Secure • PHP + MySQL
Created by devgagan

WebChat is a simple and efficient anonymous chat system built using plain PHP, MySQL, and AJAX.
The goal is to offer a fast, lightweight chat experience without requiring heavy frameworks or complex server setups.

This project is ideal for:

• Anonymous chat rooms
• Temporary or private group chats
• Learning PHP-based real-time communication
• Embedding chat inside existing websites
• Lightweight hosting (works perfectly even on shared hosting)

After installation, login to the admin panel using:

 Username: admin Password: password 

⚠ Important: Change the admin password immediately for security.

• ✔ Anonymous chatting
• ✔ Admin panel included
• ✔ Simple, clean UI
• ✔ Secure file upload system
• ✔ Realtime messaging via AJAX polling
• ✔ Auto-cleanup system (via cron)
• ✔ Works on shared hosting & VPS
• ✔ Minimal setup — no frameworks required

git clone https://github.com/devgaganin/WebChat.git cd WebChat

Login to MySQL:

mysql -u root -p

Create database:

CREATE DATABASE webchat_db CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;

mysql -u root -p webchat_db < spychat.sql

Open config.php:

define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); define('DB_NAME', 'webchat_db'); define('DB_USER', 'your_user'); define('DB_PASS', 'your_password');

Save the file.

Open your browser:

http://localhost/WebChat/ 

Login using:

admin / password 

🎉 WebChat is now ready!

This project is fully compatible with shared hosting like Hostinger, Bluehost, GoDaddy, etc.

1. Open hPanel → Files → File Manager
2. Enter the public_html folder
3. Upload the entire WebChat project
4. Extract the ZIP (if uploaded as one)

Navigate:

hPanel → Databases → MySQL Databases

Create:

• Database
• Username
• Password

Hostinger will give you info like:

DB Host: mysql.hostinger.com DB Name: u00000000_chat DB User: u00000000_user DB Pass: ****** 

1. Open phpMyAdmin
2. Select your new database
3. Click Import
4. Upload spychat.sql
5. Click Go

Modify:

define('DB_HOST', 'mysql.hostinger.com'); define('DB_NAME', 'u00000000_chat'); define('DB_USER', 'u00000000_user'); define('DB_PASS', 'yourpassword');

https://your-domain.com/ 

Login → admin / password Start chatting! 🎉

Works on:

• Hostinger VPS
• DigitalOcean Droplet
• Linode
• Contabo
• AWS EC2

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

sudo apt install apache2 php php-mysqli php-json php-gd php-curl php-zip unzip mysql-server -y

Enable Apache:

sudo systemctl enable apache2 sudo systemctl start apache2

sudo mysql

Inside:

CREATE DATABASE webchat_db; CREATE USER 'webchat_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'StrongPassword123!'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON webchat_db.* TO 'webchat_user'@'localhost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT;

Option 1: Upload via SFTP Option 2: Upload via SSH:

cd /var/www/html/ sudo rm -rf * sudo wget https://your-download-link/WebChat.zip sudo unzip WebChat.zip sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/

mysql -u webchat_user -p webchat_db < spychat.sql

define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); define('DB_NAME', 'webchat_db'); define('DB_USER', 'webchat_user'); define('DB_PASS', 'StrongPassword123!');

crontab -e

Add:

0 * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/html/cron_cleanup.php 

This removes old chat logs automatically.

• Change default admin password immediately
• Use HTTPS (SSL)
• Disable directory listing
• Limit file upload types (configured in files.php)
• Keep database credentials private
• Run cleanup cron frequently
• Avoid using weak MySQL passwords

You can extend WebChat with:

• Multi-room chat
• Private messaging
• WebSocket real-time chat
• Admin analytics dashboard
• User avatars / profiles
• Emotes, GIFs, stickers
• Add dark mode
• Add device-based login restrictions

Pull requests are welcome! If you'd like to improve UI/UX, performance, or add features — feel free to contribute.

MIT

Thank you for using WebChat – Anonymous Chat Module System. Built with ❤️ by Gagan.

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