- Install kreait/firebase-php package with Composer.
composer require kreait/firebase-php ^4.18
- Edit file
application/config/autoload.php
replace this following line.
...
$autoload['libraries'] = array('firebase');
...
$autoload['config'] = array('firebase');
...
-
Goto Firebase Console navigate to Project settings -> Service accounts in the Firebase Admin SDK tab, click to the "Generate new private key" button then click "Generate key" to download .json file and save as to
application/config
folder in the project. -
Copy your .json file name from step 3. replace it to
application/config/firebase.php
file in the$config['filebase_app_key]
array like this.
$config['firebase_app_key'] = __DIR__ . '/../config/your-app-firebase-adminsdk-xxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx.json';
- Now. You can use firebase library in the Controller file like this.
$this->load->library('firebase');
$firebase = $this->firebase->init();
$db = $firebase->getDatabase();
You can find more usage examples at https://firebase-php.readthedocs.io/en/stable/overview.html#usage-example. and https://www.cloudways.com/blog/php-firebase-integration