The PHP Developer Stack for Building Chatbots (SAE)

Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, WeChat, Skype, and Telegram have more than three billion active users combined! This led messenger platforms to open their doors for application development on their chats and started the rise of these applications. We all know them today as chatbots.

Chatbots are much more than a hype. They change the way we communicate with companies and are bringing customer support and personalization to a new level. But what does the technology behind look like?

In this talk, I will show you all the tools it takes to build a chatbot in PHP. You will see what it’s like developing and testing chatbots for multiple platforms and how NLP (Natural Language Processing) services can help you to understand the user.

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1. The PHP Developer Stack for Building Chatbots
2. Me right now
3. THE STACK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
4. ABOUT ME
5. CHRISTOPH RUMPEL Web Developer
6. CHRISTOPH RUMPEL Web Developer PHP / Laravel Chatbots Talks @christophrumpel christoph-rumpel.com
7. CHATBOT BASICS
8. A chatbot is just a service behind a chat interface.
12. TIM
13. Slack Notification from a user who needs help
14. LARAVEL QUIZBOT
15. LARACON EU
17. WIENER STÄDTISCHE
23. Why became chatbots so popular?
25. FACEBOOK MESSENGER 1.3 BIL. Whatasapp 1.3 BIL. Wechat 889 MIL. Skype 300 MIL. Telegram 100 MIL.
26. #installation #relationship #costs #automatic #24/7 #beWhereYourUsersAre #history #naturalLanguage BENEFITS
27. Reach people you usually couldn't To use a better interface MAIN USE-CASES
28. THE STACK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Chatbot Basics
29. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
30. Facebook is recommending Node.js. Do I have to use it as well?
31. Some kind of account HTTP-based API Platform-based features HOW MESSENGERS WORK
32. Facebook Curl Command Telegram Curl Command
33. Insomnia REST Client - Send Telegram Message
34. PHP can send HTTP requests Messengers don't care PHP is great again Use a language you already know REASONS TO USE PHP
35. THE STACK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Chatbot Basics PHP
36. PHP FRAMEWORK
37. A chatbot looks different, but still is like other applications.
38. Databases Caching Routing Authentication ... POSSIBLE REQUIREMENTS
39. THE STACK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Chatbot Basics PHP PHP Framework
40. CHATBOT FRAMEWORK
41. BotMan PHP Library
42. One Codebase Multiple Messengers Expressive Syntax 3900 GitHub FEATURES
43. Marcel Pociot Creator Of BotMan Open Source Fan 30+ PHP Packages
44. Syntax Drivers Conversations Testing BOTMAN EXAMPLE
45. THE STACK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Chatbot Basics PHP PHP Framework BotMan
46. NLP SERVICE
47. Natural language processing is about how to program computers to understand natural human language.
50. Dialogflow Intro Intents / Training Dialogflow + BotMan NLP EXAMPLE
51. THE STACK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Chatbot Basics PHP PHP Framework BotMan DialogFlow
52. RESOURCES
53. My Blog BotMan Docs BotMan Course Chatbots Magazine Build Chatbots with PHP RESOURCES
54. store.christoph-rumpel.com
55. THANKS